Study Finds Link Between Common Chemicals and Inflammatory Skin Disease

Study Finds Link Between Common Chemicals and Inflammatory Skin Disease
Common chemicals may be to blame for your eczema. pumatokoh/Shutterstock
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A new government study has found an association between diisocyanates, a class of widely used chemicals, and eczema, a chronic inflammatory skin disease.

People affected by eczema experience severe itching, skin redness, oozing from the skin, and scaly rashes, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). These symptoms can be painful, and can suddenly appear without any obvious trigger.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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