What is eczema herpeticum?

Eczema herpeticum occurs with the herpes simplex virus. It is a distinct skin eruption of painful pus filled lesions and often occurs with other preexisting chronic skin diseases.

How do members experience eczema herpeticum?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with eczema herpeticum*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for eczema herpeticum*

Who has eczema herpeticum on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 2
30s 3
40s 5
50s 2
60s 1
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 10

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What is eczema herpeticum?

Eczema herpeticum occurs with the herpes simplex virus. It is a distinct skin eruption of painful pus filled lesions and often occurs with other preexisting chronic skin diseases.



Common symptoms reported by people with eczema herpeticum

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for eczema herpeticum

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Compare treatments taken by people with eczema herpeticum

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have eczema herpeticum through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with eczema herpeticum? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has eczema herpeticum on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 10 say eczema herpeticum is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 2
30s 3
40s 5
50s 2
60s 1
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 10

These charts show data from eczema herpeticum patients who have completed their condition history
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