Can I sometimes diagnose my skin rash myself, or must I seek the guidance and counsel of a medical doctor? Will a medical doctor inform me about the actual cause of eczema, or just the symptoms?

This article is meant to answer the questions many people who experience eczema outbreaks might have. What triggers eczema outbreaks is not the same as what actually causes eczema. This is pretty important to understand. A lot of different things can trigger a skin rash to appear, but if you have a chronic eczema condition there is a reason for that.

If you come into contact with some chemical substance and a rash appears sometimes afterwords it’s pretty safe to assume that it was the chemical that caused your skin rash. Especially if the skin rash disappears by itself, and it never happen again.

However, if your skin rash is a chronic eczema condition, things are not so easy. It can be a good idea to seek the advice of a medical doctor or dermatologist to figure out what type of eczema you suffer from. But the neither the doctor or the dermatologist will ever talk to you about what really causes eczema in the first place.

They simply do not know. So, I would definitely allow them to diagnose my skin rash, but when it comes to figuring out the root cause, I would do my own research.

Diet and eating habits of the so called modern world and society is in fact our worst enemy. Not only are the food and beverages full of artificial chemicals and substances, but how the food is combined makes it even worse. Almost every meal consumed by a “normal” western family is a nightmare for our digestive system.

The actual cause of eczema and psoriasis is to be found in this area. It has to do with poor digestion and chronic constipation which over time become more and more serious.  It starts early in childhood, and escalates as the child grows older.

Given some time the body simply cannot “keep it together” anymore, and eczema starts to break out. An actual cure for eczema must be able to deal with the root cause of eczema, and not just the symptoms. I would imagine that is even more important than to simply diagnose my skin rash.

To conclude we might say that it’s OK to visit a doctor to find out what type of eczema you have, but you should really look into the root cause of eczema if you want to get rid of it forever.