Eczema Facts

If you have refractory or severe eczema that has not improved, your doctor may prescribe less common therapies

The smallpox vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, which is a pox-type virus related to smallpox. The vaccine contains live vaccinia virus–not dead virus like many other vaccines. For that reason, the vaccination site must be cared for carefully to prevent the virus from spreading. The vaccine does not contain the smallpox virus and cannot give you smallpox.

Las Víctimas De Eczema Advirtieron Para no tomar La Vacuna, La asociación nacional de Eczema para la ciencia y la educación (NEA) impulsó hoy a cualquier persona que tiene actualmente o ha sufrido siempre de eczema o de dermatitis atópico para no recibir la vacuna de la viruela a menos que se hayan expuesto a la viruela, debido a un riesgo aumentado de las reacciones amenazadoras de la vida.

Beginning in January 2003, key military personnel and first-line health care workers will receive vaccine. In 2004, all Americans will be offered smallpox vaccinations on a voluntary basis. According to a recent poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, about two-thirds of Americans say they would be willing to have the vaccine.

Eczema is a general term for any type of dermatitis or “itchy rash”. There are several skin diseases that are eczemas; a partial list of eczemas includes: atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, dyshidrotic eczema, nummular eczema, seborrheic dermatitis. All types of eczemas cause itching and redness and some will blister, weep or peel.