--- title: Eczema and other skin troubles — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Eczema and other skin troubles», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Healthy skin is like a brick wall that keeps water in and irritants (things that make skin sore) out; in eczema the wall is leaky, so the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Eczema and other skin troubles # Eczema and other skin troubles Lesson 15 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/0/) — Healthy skin is like a brick wall that keeps water in and irritants (things that make skin sore) out; in eczema the wall is leaky, so the skin dries out, cracks and itches. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/1/) — Scratching damages the skin more, which makes it itch more: the itch-scratch cycle, worst at night. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/2/) — Thick moisturisers called emollients every day, and steroid creams for flare-ups used as the doctor says, keep eczema calm. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/4/) — Nobody did anything wrong to get eczema; it often runs in families together with asthma and hay fever. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/5/) — In eczema the skin barrier doesn't hold water well, so the skin dries, cracks and lets irritants in. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/6/) — Eczema often runs in families together with asthma and hay fever, and it is not catching or caused by dirtiness. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/7/) — Doctors treat eczema with emollients every day and steroid creams for flare-ups, the times when it gets worse. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/8/) — Scratching damages the skin so it itches more, the itch-scratch cycle; short nails and cotton clothes help. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/9/) — Steroid creams used as the doctor says are safe and don't thin the skin when used properly. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/10/) — Broken eczema skin can be infected by bacteria or the cold sore virus; crusty, weepy patches need a GP, and sudden painful blisters with fever need urgent help. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/11/) — Cold wind and dry heating take water from the skin; licking your lips makes them more chapped, and lip balm helps. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/12/) — Psoriasis is when skin cells grow too fast and build up in thick scaly patches; it is linked to the immune system and is not catching. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/13/) — Birthmarks are made by extra blood vessels or pigment (skin colour), are mostly harmless, and are not caused by anything the mother did. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/14/) — Warts are small rough lumps caused by a virus; many go away by themselves within months to two years, and toads don't give you warts. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/15/) — Contact dermatitis is a skin reaction to something it touches, like perfumed soap, plants or metals; a mild soap-free wash is kinder to skin that reacts easily. - ← previous: [Asthma and inhalers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/) - next →: [A classmate with diabetes, and other long-term conditions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/16-a-classmate-with-diabetes-and-other-long-term-conditions/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)