| You don't need any medications to treat eczema. | | | | therapy. This wavelength is what the term what |
| There are actually two types light therapies which | | | | they named narrow band. The patient's ultraviolet |
| are used as an eczema natural remedy . Talk to your | | | | radiation exposure is 311 nanometers. It's the most |
| doctor to see which one is right for you. UVA-1 | | | | normally used form of light treatment because your |
| Phototherapy is the one we will talk about first. This | | | | exposure to ultraviolet radiation is short, and so is the |
| type uses light, in the form of a narrow band that | | | | length of overall treatment. Also, many facilities are |
| goes deep within the skin. | | | | equipped to perform it. |
| Doctors claim it is more intensely focused than other | | | | You will have longer periods without eczema and has |
| types of therapy, thus keeping patients' skin from | | | | a high probability of success the first round through. |
| burning during sessions. This type is the newest. You | | | | This method also treats, vitiligo, pruritus, |
| can treat larger sections of your body without use | | | | polymorphous light eruption, lymphoma, |
| of prescription medications, and avoid their side | | | | dermagraphsm, lichen planus, and early stages of |
| effects. This makes this a very preferable treatment | | | | cutaneous T-cell. |
| alternative. | | | | Another type of treatment is Psoralen along with |
| Once people thought this was an autoimmune | | | | UVA treatment, or PUVA for short. You can find |
| disease, dermatitis is a ailment that causes your | | | | Psoralen in plants. You can only ingest it or apply it |
| palms to blister and your feet to develop sores. It is | | | | topically. |
| currently used to treat this too. Only a small number | | | | The patient can cut the exposure time to harmful |
| of hospitals in America have it, because it is so new. | | | | radiation, if taken along with UVA treatment. You |
| The machine emits a UVA light targeted on the | | | | would have to ingest Psoralen one hour before your |
| affected area during each session. Each session lasts | | | | UVA treatment session. The hospital is obligated to |
| for less than 15 minutes. You can do this multiple | | | | provide some sort of topical version, if the patient |
| times per week. Redness and itchiness may occur, | | | | cannot handle ingesting it. |
| but will quickly go away. | | | | During treatment, as well as the entire day after |
| Around 5 sessions for the first week is normal for | | | | that, the patient has to wear protective goggles. The |
| this particular eczema natural remedy. Then the | | | | treatment goes on for 3 months. The frequency of |
| frequency goes down to just a few times a week | | | | sessions is about 3 times per week. After treatment |
| after that. Once you've been going for over 3 | | | | is complete maintenance sessions will still be needed. |
| months, people usually can't tell a patient's had | | | | These are once a week. 24 hours of avoiding sunlight |
| eczema. And it starts clearing up after a few weeks. | | | | is required after each session. Light therapy for |
| There is narrow band UVB light therapy also available. | | | | eczema works and is safe. If you suffer from this, |
| Most doctors will use this method. | | | | you should talk to your doctor about it. |
| A certain wavelength of radiation is used for this | | | | |