Varicose eczema
A very
common condition in middleaged
women and elderly men with
varicose
veins. The skin on the
lower
third or half of
the inner side of one
or both legs has
usually been for a
long time congested and purplish or
else
pigmented with blood pigment and
scaly.
Then it becomes
irritable, develops vesicles and
becomes
eczematous.
This form of eczema
is usually on the
inner side but may
be
on the outer side of
the leg depending on which
veins are varicose. The condition is
very chronic and after
it has been present for
some months general
sensitisation of the skin
to products of pidermal break-down takes
place so that if the patient
then scratches his 1eg
vigorously, or applies an irritating
ointment, he is very likely
to wake up in the
morning with eczema also
on his face, neck, arms or hands.
Varicose
eczema
may also arise in the
skin overlying a varicose vein
in any part of
the lower limb.
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