Sandra T. Avendano Speaks!

Do you suffer from eczema?  I do. In fact, since early childhood.  Traditionally, the Western medical approach was and still is to prescribe topical steroids.  For years I went without consulting a Dermatologist because what was the point?!  The typical prescription for my type of eczema were topical steroids which only treated the symptoms and not the cause. In early Spring 2011 I had a painful eczema crises that affected my hands and wrists which prevented me from working as a Massage Therapist.  It was so bad that it compelled me to get a steroid prescription!  But at the same time I started to explore holistic remedies that would treat my whole system and eventually the cause of my eczema.  I first tried Homeopathy.  It worked to stop the frantic almost obsessive & violent scratching.  Some days it worked wonderfully and some days not so much.  I cannot explain how Homeopathy works...

Day 13/30 Day Blogging Challenge.  Thirteen Movie Trailer , The-13-Principles - Basic Judaism , The Thirteen Original Colonies Today my Tweet was about how Homeopathy has been wonderously helping me manage my my eczema and anxiety.  I wonder, if I a managed my anxiety will that clear up my eczema?   I've had this chronic condition, diagnosed as eczema, since childhood which comes and goes at different levels of intensity and affects mostly my wrists & hands.  But eczema of the skin is only a symptom of something affecting my immune system.  I wonder, if  I managed my anxiety would that help to strengthen my immune system?  What is anxiety anyway?  Anxiety is a mood.  "Anxiety can cause feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome".  Given this definition, which I got from Wikipedia, I would say ye...