Eczema, also called Atopic Dermatitis is a very common skin disease. It is believed that 20 percent of children under five years of age are diagnosed with eczema. Comforting is the fact that after the fifth year in half of patients with changes resolved and the very small number are retained into adulthood.
Eczema is actually an inflammation of the skin emerged as exaggerated immune response to various external and internal factors.