For some people spring season is all about blossom, buds, green grass, flowers and their splendor. But for many others it’s about coughing, sneezing, having watery eyes, skin rashes and breathing issues. My family comes in the latter category. My husband and I just have the standard symptoms and we associate spring with sniffling mostly; […]
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The year 2020 seriously took a toll on minds and bodies all across the globe. The human race was put in a constant state of stress and anxiety. Even in 2021, the hot topic’s still the same – Life with COVID-19. It’s a common knowledge that the main symptoms of this pandemic are dry cough,
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Our son’s dermatitis always made us extra cautious, especially when it came to spotting the allergens in the environment. But to our folly, we ignored one extremely common allergen – the dust mites. One day I casually glanced at my bedroom side table and noticed minute white specs all over the table. At first I
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Oats are considered as a “super grain” that are equally good when either consumed orally or applied externally. I’m a huge fan of colloidal oatmeal and use it on regular basis as a skin soothing agent for my eczema prone son. It contains compounds that have anti-inflammatory and moisture-retaining properties as it contains starches and
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Eczema is a tricky condition. If you can identify your triggers then you’re amongst the lucky ones. There could be various triggers – external or internal and of course it varies from person to person. My eczema prone son has multiple triggers. It would take an ample amount of time if I had to list
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In my adolescent stage whenever I saw a person with some skin issue, like rashes, redness, cracked skin, pigmented skin etc, I used to avoid interaction and felt a little intimidated. To me having a poor skin was appalling, and the thought that people with derma issues may have something contagious always crossed my mind.
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I never realized the importance of sleep until I became a mother, that too of an eczema child. As a teenager and young adult I slept whenever I felt like, and used to get up late over weekends. There were times when I felt tired because of oversleeping, not under. Now things obviously are not
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Atopic dermititis is the most casually taken illness and the non-sufferers might not fully understand the severity of this disease, and the mark it leaves on the personality of that individual who has to go through this ordeal his/her entire life. Around 20% children and 3% adults worldwide go through this chronic illness at one
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Nowadays beauty standards have become so unrealistic and everyone is living a false reality (none other than the social media)…. We are expected to look flawless in the pictures that we upload, because the more unblemished we are, the more likes and comments we’ll get. Now, we all know, not everyone has a porcelain skin
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We’ve all heard of this miracle plant – Aloe vera – but how many of us have actually tried it on our skins?I’m one of those people who believe in minimal product usage on the face and body, and usually try to find one single moisturizer for my day and night time routine. I have
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