ECZEMA

Eczema affects both genders, although this disease usually affects children and infants more than adults. Infants are usually affected around 10%-20%. Adults are only affected at about  3%. When an infant is affected by eczema he or she typically has no symptoms of eczema by the time they are ten years old. Other people have symptoms of eczema throughout their whole entire life (Skin Problems and Treatments Health Center, 2015).

Eczema disrupts the body’s homeostasis due to a mutation. Filaggrin is a protein in the epithelial tissue that binds keratin fibers. This mutation of the filaggrin protein creates ceramide deficiency in the body. Ceramide deficiency leads to transepidermal water loss which causes dryness and inflammation of the skin. Transepidermal water loss means when a certain amount of water from inside of the body can’t reach the surface of the skin. If there is no mutation of the body in the filaggrin protein then the body has enough ceramides and the moisture inside of the body can reach the surface of the skin (Mckoy, 2014).

DISRUPTION OF HOMEOSTASIS