Treatment of Childhood Eczema with Aromatherapy
Childhood eczema is increasing, and still a common problem for children at school. According to the National Eczema Society of the United Kingdom is a major cause of child illness up to one fifth of all children in the United Kingdom. The severity of the disease can vary in different forms. The disease shows its effect on the child’s skin and therefore the symptoms of this disease can be assessed by inspection of the child’s skin. In its original form, the skin is hot, itchy and dry, while in more severe forms the skin is raw, broken, and this also leads to bleeding, which looks very clumsy and Ness uncomfortable the insomnia on the child, but it is not contagious and can not spread to others just by touching it.
The aromatherapy treatment, the effect of atopic dermatitis in children. The treatment of eczema can use aromatherapy through the use of essential oils are performed by a massage to the child, but before the application of essential oils, it is advisable to be better not to risk aromatherapist and should be competent professionals to consult, rather than focusing on what is to prevent the damage that these oils can cause damage when children are improperly used. This was demonstrated by an experiment. The attempt was made to find a better solution more efficient and effective with eczema.
The experiment was made a group of eight children, consisting, in order to examine the use of aromatherapy. These children were divided into two groups, in which random first group received treatment of aromatherapy, essential oils decide where the children were under the skin of 36 commonly used essential oil massage. These essential oils were German chamomile, thyme, Spike lavender, benzoin, and Litsea cubeba. While another group of children have had a massage without essential oils. This was the period of eight weeks in which massage was given by the therapist once a week, while the other times, her mother took to massage their children. Treatments were evaluated on a daily basis. Children from both groups showed improvement, but there was no difference in the improvement of the two groups.