Allergy Attack!

I don’t want to be sensitive about what I am eating and what should I’m eating. However, I have a serious problem about my skin. I have an skin allergy, it’s eczema. I have food allergies particularly in chicken, eggs and some seafoods. And now that I experienced winter, my condition gets worse. Dry skin + allergy + poor eating habit = BIG PROBLEM! But I have to make up my mind. This is serious and I am suffering from different side effects. And the bad news is, my only vice triggers my allergies. Because of this, I need to look after what I am eating right now and I should start right now!

There is no known cure for eczema!

Therefore, treatments aim to control the symptoms by reducing inflammation and relieving itching.

Here are dos and donts. (I hope I can live with it!)

1. Avoid dry skin.
• MOISTURIZE! Do it twice a day.
• Use mild soap.
• Watch the temperature of the water. Bathe less frequently. Try going a day or two without a shower or bath. When you do bathe, limit yourself to 15 to 20 minutes, and use warm, rather than hot, water.
• Skip bubble bath. Find a soothing oatmeal or milk powder that will enhance your bath experience, and leave the oils where they belong.
• Skip the Shaving Mistakes or use a moisturizing shaving gel or cream

2. Environmental Issues
• Avoid house dust mites.
• Avoid wool clothes. Use only cotton clothes.

3. Right Food Diet
• Avoid
a. coffee (both caffeinated and decaffeinated)
b. dairy products (milk, butter and cheese)
c. soybean products (soy sauce, miso, tofu)
d. eggs
e. nuts
f. wheat (steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages)
g. corns


4. Water! Water! Water!
5. Food for the Skin
• low-fat yogurt
• Blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and plums.
• Salmon, Walnuts, Canola Oil, and Flax Seed
• Whole-wheat bread, muffins, and cereals; turkey, tuna and brazil nuts.
• Green Tea


On the bright side, there’s one thing that I like in this remedy or medication. Salt water bath may help and Dead sea is popular for alleviating skin problems including eczema. It means I should go to Jerusalem!