Discoid Eczema

Natural remedies for nummular dermatitis There are types of dermatitis that come as a diffuse wave, red on children’s faces or the inner elbow, without clear borders. And there is a stranger dermatitis, one that chooses precise shapes, as if someone drew coins on the skin with a pencil. Round, well-defined patches, with slightly raised borders, 2 to 10 centimetres wide, sit on the forearm, calf, thigh, sometimes on the trunk. The skin inside each coin is red, dry, cracks, itches, sometimes oozes, and after healing leaves a brown mark that lasts for months. This is nummular dermatitis, also called discoid or nummular eczema (from the Latin word “nummus”, which means coin). ...