Hello and a very warm welcome to another episode of the Lisau Well Being Show. This week we are going to be talking about eczema, an incredibly common but very uncomfortable skin condition that affects 1 in 12 adults and more than double that number of children. In fact it's been called the most

prevalent Western childhood disease.

And I've been joined in my studios by leading dermatologist Dr. Sharon Wong, who has shared her

personal experience with the condition, what causes the sore skin and what can be done to stop about eczema in its tracks.

We also explore the link with gut health and the exciting new treatments on the horizon that may offer relief to many.

So do please share this episode with Friends and Family who may struggle with eczema.

My family have a long history of it here so we do know just how it real and debilitating it can be.

Please join me on Instagram after the show. I'd love to hear your thoughts on all that you are about to hear.

So without further ado let's hear from Dr Wong.

So Sharon it's so great to be able to chat to you.

Thank you so much for dropping into the

podcast and sharing your expertise because this is something I know that is so

close to your heart isn't it working with eczema patients?

Yes, but working with eczema, but also having been one as well.

But thank you so much for inviting me.

It's a pleasure to always talk about something that I can personally relate to as well.

It's always nice to be able to share experiences and makes it very powerful so let's hear about

your journey because you are a doctor you're a dermatologist but you were also an eczema patient yes yes very much so and so

really my interest in dermatology goes way back to the fact that I've had eczema since I was a baby. So growing up I do remember being

in and out of outpatient clinics, in and out of inpatient stays just because I kept

having infected eczema and you know very quickly I started to

really become engaged with how I can look after my skin and prevent those hospital

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