When this function is disrupted in some way, secondary trauma brings either eczema or other diseases to the skin. While researchers are uncertain of the exact processes involved, eczema is, in part, an allergic disease. Two-thirds of those stricken have relatives or direct family members who also have eczema. Many who have this irritating skin condition either have or will develop asthma. When babies develop eczema, half will be free of it by 18 months of age, but many will develop this troubling skin condition again as adults.
Some researchers theorize that eczema starts in the stomach when acid-base levels become unbalanced.
As a result, high acid levels in this area increase cellular metabolic problems. So, the patient is instructed to take an acid blocker such as Pepcid, Tagamet or Zantac. Another treatment method decreases acidity in the stomach by using an acid pump inhibitor medication like Prilosec. But when acid release is blocked in the stomach, the next place of acid elimination will be the skin. Eczema and psoriasis can be the direct result of this mechanism.