Nummular Eczema Links

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I had a rash on my leg a while back, and I went to a dermatologist. She diagnosed me with nummular eczema, which is basically a fancy name for dry skin. It doesn't seem to be a very well understood condition, so here are some links I came up with while researching it.

• The nummular eczema entry from the AOCD Dermatologic Disease Database
• A relatively recent article discussing the causes of nummular eczema from EczemaNet

The treatment I was recommended was to use an ointment with clobetasol on it to make the rash go away, and then to take regular precautionary measures—using a good moisturizer on my legs, and avoiding long, hot showers—to prevent reoccurrence. So far, it's worked and I haven't had any other problems.

• Useful general clobetasol information from MEDLINEplus
• Clobetasol ointment general description from RxList.com
• Short clobetasol overview from the 2003 PDR Nurse's Handbook
• Another clobetasol overview from the Getting Well Network

Other useful links:

• My dermatologist, Dr. Karen Han, seems pretty decent.
• Cetaphil is the lotion that was recommended to me.

Update: after a while the problem went away, and hasn't come back since. Perhaps I just had regular old dry skin. :)

Andrew Ho (andrew@zeuscat.com)