My wife made me post this, on eczema, please help?

A few months ago, I started to get a small patch of dry skin on my elbow. I thought nothing of it, and figured it was no big deal. It has now become a one inch by one inch patch of rough cracked skin, and I finally put some lotion on it(Gold Bond Triple Action). I also noticed a patch of dry skinabout 3 inches up my arm from the elbow, on my forearm, but like the other one started, it is very small. I don't do doctors and hospitals, and I know that's probably dumb, but I just don't think it's a big deal. Anyone know what this might be, and how I can treat it? Also it was a little sensetive to the cream I put on last night. I don't know if that's important, but figured I'd share. Thank you for any help you may have. Oh, it also hurts quite a bit if I lean on it.
Answer:
You should go to the doctor. It could just be eczema, but it could also be "Actinic Keratoses" (a scaly or crusty bump that forms on the skin surface) which if left untreated can turn into skin cancer. And what you desrcibed sounds like that "might" be a posibility. If skin cancer runs in your family, then you should go to the doctor.

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Eczema is no fun! I've had it for many years and you'll find that it will come and go. You'll be so much happier if you bite the bullet and go see a doctor. There's a simple prescription cream you can get that works wonders! Winter always seems to bring mine out. But it's different for everyone. Stress can also get it started. Most people that have eczema usually also suffer from allergies and sometimes asthma. Goodluck and get that prescription it's only going to get worse. All that over the counter stuff is only going to make it irritate it..

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Homeopathic Natural Treatment(s) for Eczema :-Acute; eruptions with tendency to scale formation Rhus Tox 30 or 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses) Weeping; with cracks, sticky discharge; stools constipated Graphites 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) At the borders of hair; raw, red and inflammted; worse eating salt or at seashore Natrum Mur 30 or 200, 4 hourly(3 Doses) Due to staphylococcus or streptococcus infection Sulphuric Acid 30, 4 hourly (3 Doses) With yellowish pus; worse by heat, better by cold, open air Pulsatilla 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) Dry and scaly eruptions; worse on scalp and face; worse by warmth of bed. Thin, fetid, excoriating discharge; looks dirty Psorinum 200, 10 min (3 Doses) Eczema of beard; watery, oozing with itching; worse by washing Arsenic Iodide 30, 3 hourly (3 Doses)With thick crusts; of head, ears, face and body; scratching changes location of itching Staphysagria 30 or 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses) With digestive, liver or urinary disorders; skin becomes thick and indurated Lycopodium 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) Of fingers and toes eruptions like variola; with loss of nails Borax 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)At hair margins; eruptions like variola Hydrastis Can 30 , 4 hourly (3 Doses) Without itching; exudation forms into a hard, lemon coloured crust Cicuta V 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) Chronic with irritation; worse by warmth of bed at night Sulphur 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) With redness; irritability and anxiety; unquenchable thirst Arsenic Album 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) Weeping; in the bend of elbows and knees; foul breath Mercurius Sol 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) After Mercurius Sol; pustular; sensitive patient; better by warmth; worse by cold Hepar Sulph 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses) Eczema on the palms; blisters; burning and intense itching Ranun Bulb 30, 4 hourly (3 Doses)
Totally free from side effects or complications. Feel free to ask me if your symptoms are not given here or if you want to ask or clarify anything.Take Care and God Bless You !

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