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Eczema and dermatitis by type and body site
Eczema and dermatitis by type and body site: this guide covers atopic eczema in a baby, hand eczema (the commonest occupational skin disease in the…
This guide is general education, not a diagnosis or an individual treatment plan. Urgent, severe or worsening symptoms belong with the local emergency service or a qualified clinician.
What this guide covers
This guide covers atopic eczema in a baby, hand eczema (the commonest occupational skin disease in the Nordics), eyelid, seborrhoeic scalp, dyshidrotic pompholyx, nummular, stasis eczema on the lower leg, plus practical questions people search for: how much emollient is enough in fingertip units per body area, soap substitutes, the topical-steroid potency ladder and why fear of it leads to undertreatment, wet wraps, the dry-flat-winter flare. One focused section asks: "Hand eczema: why it keeps coming back".
Every section carries the named threshold for seeing a clinician (spreading infection, weeping, no response after two weeks of correct treatment).
How to use it
Start with the description that most closely matches your question about Eczema and dermatitis by type and body site. Use the evidence section to understand what is known, then use the boundary section to decide when self-education should stop and clinical care should begin.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | atoopiline dermatiit lapsel ravi |
| Estonian | käte ekseem ravi |
| Finnish | atooppinen ihottuma hoito aikuisella |
| Russian | экзема на руках чем лечить |
| English | how much emollient fingertip units |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: EuroGuiDerm/ETFAD European guideline on atopic eczema (JEADV, open access), NICE CKS eczema (official, paraphrased and cited), fingertip unit (Long & Finlay, Clin Exp Dermatol 1991). · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/skin is an INCI ingredient dictionary whose condition notes are nutrition paragraphs; this is the condition, its treatment ladder and its per-site pages.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
Skin
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Winter
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Allergy
Continue to the related TempoLife reference.
Why it belongs on TempoLife
/skin for the emollient and ceramide ingredients, /winter, /allergy.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
This guide covers atopic eczema in a baby, hand eczema (the commonest occupational skin disease in the Nordics), eyelid, seborrhoeic scalp, dyshidrotic pompholyx, nummular, stasis eczema on the lower leg, plus practical questions people search for: how much emollient is enough in fingertip units per body area, soap substitutes, the topical-steroid potency ladder and why fear of it leads to undertreatment, wet wraps, the dry-flat-winter flare. One focused section asks: "Hand eczema: why it keeps coming back".…
What evidence does it use?
EuroGuiDerm/ETFAD European guideline on atopic eczema (JEADV, open access), NICE CKS eczema (official, paraphrased and cited), fingertip unit (Long & Finlay, Clin Exp Dermatol 1991).
Where does this guide stop?
/skin is an INCI ingredient dictionary whose condition notes are nutrition paragraphs; this is the condition, its treatment ladder and its per-site pages.
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