Eczema is an inflammatory, chronic, noncontagious disease of the skin caused by allergy and hypersensitivity. The term is loosely used to include many skin conditions more properly included below dermatitis. Eczema is characterized by a range of cutaneous lesions, like macules, papules, pustules, vesicles, scales, and crusts.
Macules are nonelevated skin spots. Papules are exhausting, [...]