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