Eczema/Shingles/Chickenpox Connections? I had chicken pox when I was 6, and developed shingles on my back when I was 11. When I was 13 I got a random, outbreak of eczema on my arm one day and now have at least 4 small patches of eczema on the palm side of my arm. Could the shingles have caused or contributed to my eczema? 

     Also could anybody tell me what kind of eczema I might have? I don't have any food allergies at all but do have a stressful lifestyle/anxiety problems. The patches aren't extreme, they rarely bleed and if they do its just a pinprick of blood after intensive scratching (which I know I shouldn't do). They flare up at random times and then recede, only to flare up again at a later time.

Summarized question: Could the shingles have caused or contributed to my eczema?