Eczema rubrum is characterized by a red, raw-looking, weeping, oozing or discharging surface, attended with more or less inflammatory thickening, infiltration and swelling; the exudation, consisting of serum, sometimes bloody, dries into thick yellowish or reddish-brown crusts. At one time the whole diseased area may be hidden under a mass of crusting, at other times a red, raw-looking, weeping surface (eczema madidans) is the most striking feature. Itching is slight or intense, or the subjective symptom may be a feeling of burning, It is an important clinical type, usually developing from the vesicular, pustular or other primary variety.
It is common about the face and scalp in children, and the middle and lower part of the leg in elderly people.
What is the course of eczema rubrum?
Chronic, varying in intensity from time to time.
Describe the symptoms of fissured eczema.
The conspicuous symptom is a marked tendency to fissuring or cracking of the skin (eczema fissum; eczema rimosum). This tendency is usually a part of an erythematous or squamous eczema, the fissuring constituting the most conspicuous and troublesome symptom. Chapping is an extremely mild but familiar example of this type.
It is especially common about the hands and fingers.
What is the course of fissured eczema?
It is more or less persistent, the tendency to fissuring varying considerably according to the state of the weather, often disappearing spontaneously in the summer months.
Describe eczema sclerosum and eczema verrucosum.