Eczema Care - Allergies and Allergy Testing

Eczema sufferers tend to be allergic to a wide range of substances in every day life that the non-eczema sufferer is not. For example, food, house dust mites, pollen, animals, moulds, drugs (eg antibiotics), lanolin, metals, solvents, household chemicals to name but a few.

Allergy testing can be done both privately and through the NHS, and home testing kits are now more widely available too.

The BBC web site have a dedicated section about allergies. For more information, visit www.bbc.co.uk/health/allergy