A simple water softener possible treatment for painful eczema?

Anyone who has had eczema can tell you if the itch doesn’t drive you nuts, the pain will. Some people don’t have pain until they’ve scratched the itchy skin, while others have pain because the fragile sore skin breaks down, causing sores.

Some people have just patches of eczema here or there, but others can be totally covered by it. The skin of someone who has eczema starts off looking "normal," but it’s very, intensely itchy. So, the people who have eczema begin to scratch. But, eczema isn’t called the itch-scratch-rash skin disease for nothing. As the person scratches, it causes a rash. The rash is dry and causes the skin to crack, but also becomes itchier, so there’s more scratching – and more rash develops.

People with eczema have spent thousands, millions, of dollars over the years trying to put an end to the vicious cycle, but now, for some, the answer may be in a simple water filter.

According to a study done in the United Kingdom, eczema seems to be more common in areas with hard water than with soft water. So far, researchers have been following 230 children with eczema after their parents were given a water softener to use for three months. Then, for one month, they didn’t have the water softener. If the children were taking something for the eczema, they continued throughout the study.

The effect of the water softener was life changing for some, including the family discussed in this article Water softener eczema relief hope.

Can you imagine how many lives would change if the solution is really this simple?

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