Eczema: Potential psychosocial issues
OPTIMISING MOISTURISER USE IN CHILDHOOD ECZEMA
Eczema: Potential psychosocial issues
Eczema can be associated with several psychosocial issues among children, including behavioural problems, sibling rivalry, abnormal psychological development, low self-esteem and poor socialisation skills.9
Severe itch can result in children becoming irritable and lacking attention as well as increasing the risk of sleep disturbance, which may cause:
- Waking during the night
- Problems waking in the morning
- Trouble getting to sleep
- Reduced total sleep time
- Daytime drowsiness
- Irritability.9
