| The purpose of this article is to tell the world what I | | | | the inflammations. The health food store lady had told |
| have learned from my own personal experience about | | | | me that zinc is a healer so I started thinking about it. I |
| an inexpensive and effective treatment for eczema. | | | | remembered that Desitin is a very effective and well |
| Because psoriasis is a very similar affliction, there's a | | | | known treatment for baby rash and that the active |
| good chance that this treatment would be effective | | | | ingredient is zinc oxide. I thought "If liquid zinc is |
| for psoriasis too. Eczema is a skin irritation | | | | effective topically, how much more effective could it |
| characterized by red, flaky skin that sometimes has | | | | be if I take it internally?" Being inherently cheap, I was a |
| cracks or tiny blisters. It's believed to be hereditary and | | | | bit bothered by the idea of buying another small bottle |
| if both parents have it, there is an 80% chance that | | | | of liquid zinc and I knew that zinc tablets are |
| their children will have it too.Once upon a time, I had | | | | inexpensive. And that certainly appealed to my wallet. I |
| medical insurance coverage and I was able to afford | | | | discussed my idea with the nutritionist who agreed that |
| any medication my doctor prescribed. I used to have a | | | | it could work. So I began with the 75 mg. daily dose |
| slew of little bottles and creams that were somewhat | | | | that the woman recommended and gradually worked |
| effective in relieving the itching, but nothing I ever tried | | | | my way upwards until I reached 200 mg. a |
| had any effect whatsoever in terms of reducing the | | | | day.Eczema makes me so angry that I often curse |
| severity or frequency of eczema attacks. Topical | | | | "the eczema Nazis" each time the first blister occurs |
| applications of cortisone cream have a limited effect in | | | | with the unmistakable itch that feels like it originates in |
| terms of relieving the itching, but cortisone just | | | | my bones. I say to myself, "Damnation, I'm under attack |
| suppresses eczema and can actually cause it to | | | | again!" Now I say "Come on zinc, be John Wayne and |
| spread. There's a theory that eczema can be brought | | | | kill every last one of those eczema Nazis!" Eight |
| on by stress, and I believe that may be true. After | | | | months after I began my inexpensive experiment with |
| experiencing a year long constant virulent attack during | | | | zinc taken internally, I can report real progress. Where |
| 2004 through 2005 when I was under severe stress, I | | | | previously one tiny eczema blister always signaled a |
| decided to seek medical help in order to find out | | | | serious outbreak, now it stops without spreading any |
| whether anything new had been discovered regarding | | | | further and heals very quickly. The indicative first blister |
| eczema treatment. The only treatment I didn't already | | | | is not necessarily accompanied by itching either. To |
| know about involves exposure to ultraviolet light | | | | me, this is very significant because it constitutes a |
| radiation which is very expensive. For many years | | | | completely new pattern that has never before |
| there have been medications that are taken internally, | | | | manifested in my entire life. If you want to try taking |
| but all of them require regular blood testing for possible | | | | zinc internally, I'd recommend "chelated" zinc because |
| liver damage. For me, this is out of the question | | | | zinc is a mineral and minerals are not easily absorbed |
| because any medication that is capable of causing | | | | into the bloodstream. Back in the early 1980's, the |
| liver damage comes under the category of | | | | health food industry discovered that if minerals are |
| unacceptable. One day I was returning from a doctor | | | | chemically linked to something the body can easily |
| visit when I passed a health food store, and I had | | | | absorb, they are far more effective. The chemists |
| some time to spend so I went in. The woman behind | | | | who invent these things decided to use amino acids |
| the counter turned out to be a certified nutritionist so I | | | | which are natural proteins, and proteins are easily |
| asked her whether she knew anything about eczema | | | | absorbable. The process of chemically linking a mineral |
| treatment that the doctors don't know about. She said | | | | to an amino acid is called chelation. I've written all this |
| "Yes, I do." I said "Really. Tell me." She brought out a | | | | with a sincere desire to help others benefit from my |
| small bottle of liquid zinc and told me that some of her | | | | experience and I really hope that somebody out there |
| customers had reported success with topical | | | | has found my article to be valuable.Peter Cross is a |
| applications on their eczema sores.So I bought a bottle. | | | | singer/songwriter/producer/Web Master. You can find |
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| bucks, maybe." To my surprise, it relieved the itching | | | | and Effective Treatment and his home page at: Rock |
| and seemed to have some limited effect in reducing | | | | and Roll with an Immortal Soul. |