Do you need prescription medication? Ask Your Dr for confidential and convenient access to certain medications. Enter your postcode to find your nearest pharmacy that can help.What is contact dermatitis?
Contact dermatitis is a condition that causes your skin to become inflamed. It occurs when your skin comes into contact with particular substances, including some detergents and solvents.
There are two types of Contact Dermatitis; allergic contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis. Allergic contact dermatitis is caused by an allergen, which causes the body's immune system to react abnormally. Irritant contact dermatitis is caused by an irritant such as wool on the skin.
Symptoms:
Symptoms of contact dermatitis can include any of the following:
- Redness
- Inflamed/raised skin
- Dry skin
- Scaly appearance
- Flaky
- Itchy
- Soreness
- Feeling of tight skin
- Cracked skin
- Bleeding
With allergic contact dermatitis, skin may react many hours - or even days - after coming into contact with the allergen. Additionally, it often does not only affect the area that came into direct contact with the allergen.
The symptoms of irritant contact dermatitis are the same as those listed above, but also include burning and stinging. symptoms usually appear within 48 hours of contact, with stronger irritants causing faster reactions. Only the area of skin that came directly into contact with the irritant is usually affected. This is often useful in identifying the trigger.
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