This Is What Happens In the Skin When You Have Eczema

5Promising results

The results of the ongoing research since then is proving extremely promising for scientists who are now even closer to an eczema cure as never before. This will be good news for the thousands of eczema sufferers where almost 20% of children and 3 % around the world suffer from the disease.

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6Today eczema can only be controlled not cured

The only advantage about eczema is the hundreds of skin creams and topical solutions formulated that can bring immense relief to the condition; however, there is no proper cure for the disease. Now perhaps within a few years, victims of eczema will get freedom from the condition. 

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7The real culprit

If there is one thing scientists know about eczema in the last ten years, it is that eczema is a genetic problem where the lack of a protein in the skin called filaggrin (filament aggregating protein) is creating the condition. Filaggrin is vital in acting as a barrier in skin function and contributes to shaping of individual cells. 

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8What causes the typical scaly condition of eczema?

Those with a genetic condition lacking in filaggrin are at high risk of developing eczema or ichthyosis vulgaris where there is no shedding of skin cells. This causes a pile-up of dead cells that resemble the fish scale pattern character. Previously science had no clue as to the lack of filaggrin actually leading to eczema. But now that is all set to change as new evidence as thrown much light on the process.

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