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Space Station 13 | The official website for Space Station 13

Posted: March 30, 2016 at 5:45 pm

Space Station 13 is a community developed, multiplayer round-based role playing game, where players assume the role of a crewmember on a space station. Together they must keep the station running smoothly, whilst dealing with antagonistic forces who threaten to sabotage the mission.

At the beginning of each round, players select a crew member role on the station. These range from high up positions like the captain and heads of staff, to engineers, scientists, medical doctors, security officers, all the way down to the lower responsibility roles such as the janitor and lowly assistant. At round start, one or more players will be given an antagonistic role at random, and a secret objective thats very likely to cause disruption to the mission at hand.

When the crew arent turning on each other through sheer paranoia, they will face various dangers depending on the round: Sleeper agents hell bent on sabotage, shape-shifting aliens, RPG toting syndicate operatives and more. Not to mention the occupational hazards of working in space, such as decompression, meteor showers, radiation storms, airlock mishaps, rogue AI and catastrophic engine failure.

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STS-88 (Endeavour)/International Space Station (ISS) U.S. Robert Cabana; Frederick Sturckow; Jerry Ross; Nancy Currie; James Newman; Sergey Krikalyov December 415, 1998 linked first two modules of ISS (Zarya [Russia] and Unity [U.S.]) STS-96 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Kent Rominger; Rick Husband; Tamara Jernigan; Ellen Ochoa; Daniel Barry; Julie Payette; Valery Tokarev May 27June 6, 1999 carried supplies to ISS STS-101 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. James Halsell; Scott Horowitz; Mary Weber; Jeffrey Williams; James Voss; Susan Helms; Yuri Usachyov May 1929, 2000 ISS outfitting and repair STS-106 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Terrence Wilcutt; Scott Altman; Edward Lu; Richard Mastracchio; Daniel Burbank; Yury Malenchenko; Boris Morukov September 820, 2000 completed docking of Russian-built Zvezda module to ISS STS-92 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Brian Duffy; Pamela Melroy; Leroy Chiao; William McArthur; Peter Wisoff; Michael Lopez-Alegria; Wakata Koichi October 1124, 2000 delivered Z1 truss to ISS Soyuz TM-31/ISS Russia Yuri Gidzenko; William Shepherd; Sergey Krikalyov October 31, 2000 March 21, 2001 first ISS crew (Expedition 1) STS-97 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Brent Jett; Michael Bloomfield; Joseph Tanner; Marc Garneau; Carlos Noriega November 30 December 11, 2000 mounted solar arrays on Z1 truss STS-98 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Kenneth Cockrell; Mark Polansky; Robert Curbeam; Marsha Ivins; Thomas Jones February 720, 2001 addition of U.S.-built Destiny laboratory module to ISS STS-102 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. James Wetherbee; James Kelly; Andrew Thomas; James Voss; Susan Helms; Yuri Usachyov March 821, 2001 (August 22 [Voss, Helms, Usachyov]) delivery of Expedition 2 crew (Usachyov, Voss, Helms) and ESA-built logistics module Leonardo to ISS STS-100 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Kent Rominger; Jeffrey Ashby; Chris Hadfield; John Phillips; Scott Parazynski; Umberto Guidoni; Yuri Lonchakov April 19May 1, 2001 added Canadian robotic arm Canadarm2 to ISS Soyuz TM-32/ISS Russia Talgat Musabayev; Yury Baturin; Dennis Tito April 28May 6, 2001 first space tourist (Tito) STS-104 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Steven Lindsey; Charles Hobaugh; Michael Gernhardt; Janet Kavandi; James Reilly July 1224, 2001 addition of U.S.-built Quest air lock to ISS STS-105 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Scott Horowitz; Frederick Sturckow; Patrick Forrester; Thomas Barry; Frank Culbertson; Mikhail Tyurin; Vladimir Dezhurov August 1022, 2001 (December 17 [Culbertson, Tyurin, Dezhurov]) delivery of Expedition 3 crew (Culbertson, Tyurin, Dezhurov) and ESA-built logistics module Leonardo to ISS Soyuz TM-33/ISS Russia Viktor Afanasiyev; Claudie Haigner; Konstantin Kozeyev October 2131, 2001 exchange of Soyuz return craft for ISS crew STS-108 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Dominic Gorie; Mark Kelly; Linda Godwin; Daniel Tani; Yury Onufriyenko; Daniel Bursch; Carl Walz December 517, 2001 (June 15, 2002 [Onufriyenko, Bursch, Walz]) delivery of Expedition 4 crew (Onufriyenko, Bursch, Walz) and ESA-built logistics module Raffaello to ISS STS-110 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Michael Bloomfield; Stephen Frick; Rex Walheim; Ellen Ochoa; Lee Morin; Jerry Ross; Steven Smith April 819, 2002 delivered S0 truss to ISS Soyuz TM-34/ISS Russia Yury Gidzenko; Roberto Vittori; Mark Shuttleworth April 25May 5, 2002 first South African in space (Shuttleworth) STS-111 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Kenneth Cockrell; Paul Lockhart; Philippe Perrin; Franklin Chang-Diaz; Peggy Whitson; Valery Korzun; Sergey Treschyov June 519, 2002 (December 7 [Whitson, Korzun, Treschyov]) delivered Expedition 5 crew (Whitson, Korzun, Treschyov) and equipment to ISS STS-112 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Jeffrey Ashby; Pamela Melroy; David Wolf; Sandra Magnus; Piers Sellers; Fyodor Yurchikhin October 718, 2002 delivered S1 truss to ISS Soyuz TMA-1/ISS Russia Sergei Zalyotin; Frank De Winne; Yury Lonchakov October 30 November 10, 2002 exchange of Soyuz return craft for ISS crew STS-113 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. James Wetherbee; Paul Lockhart; Michael Lopez-Alegria; John Herrington; Kenneth Bowersox; Nikolay Budarin; Donald Pettit November 23 December 7, 2002 (May 4, 2003 [Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit]) delivered Expedition 6 crew (Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit) and P1 truss to ISS Soyuz TMA-2/ISS Russia Yury Malchenko; Edward Lu April 26October 28, 2003 Expedition 7 crew to ISS Soyuz TMA-3/ISS Russia Aleksandr Kaleri; Pedro Duque; Michael Foale October 18, 2003 April 30, 2004 (October 28 [Duque]) Expedition 8 crew (Kaleri, Foale) to ISS Soyuz TMA-4/ISS Russia Gennadi Padalka; Andr Kuipers; Michael Fincke April 19October 24, 2004 (April 30 [Kuipers]) Expedition 9 crew (Padalka, Fincke) to ISS Soyuz TMA-5/ISS Russia Salizhan Sharipov; Leroy Chiao; Yury Shargin October 14, 2004 April 24, 2005 (October 24 [Shargin]) Expedition 10 crew (Sharipov, Chiao) to ISS Soyuz TMA-6/ISS Russia Sergey Krikalyov; Roberto Vittori; John Phillips April 15October 11, 2005 (October 24 [Vittori]) Expedition 11 crew (Krikalyov, Phillips) to ISS STS-114 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Eileen Collins; James Kelly; Soichi Noguchi; Stephen Robinson; Andrew Thomas; Wendy Lawrence; Charles Camarda July 26August 9, 2005 first space shuttle flight after Columbia disaster Soyuz TMA-7/ISS Russia Valery Tokarev; William McArthur; Gregory Olsen October 1, 2005 April 8, 2006 (October 11 [Olsen]) Expedition 12 crew (McArthur, Tokarev) to ISS Soyuz TMA-8/ISS Russia Pavel Vinogradov; Jeffrey Williams; Marcos Pontes March 30 September 29, 2006 (April 8 [Pontes]) Expedition 13 crew (Vinogradov, Williams) to ISS; first Brazilian astronaut (Pontes) STS-121 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Steven Lindsey; Mark Kelly; Michael Fossum; Lisa Nowak; Piers Sellers; Stephanie Wilson; Thomas Reiter July 417, 2006 (December 22 [Reiter]) increased ISS crew from two to three (Reiter) STS-115 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Brent Jett; Christopher Ferguson; Joseph Tanner; Daniel Burbank; Heidimarie Stefanyshyn-Piper; Steven MacLean September 921, 2006 attached solar array to ISS Soyuz TMA-9/ISS Russia Mikhail Tyurin; Michael Lopez-Alegria; Anousheh Ansari September 18, 2006 April 21, 2007 (September 29 [Ansari]) Expedition 14 crew (Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin) to ISS STS-116 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Mark Polansky; William Oefelein; Nicholas Patrick; Robert Curbeam; Christer Fuglesang; Joan Higginbotham; Sunita Williams December 922, 2006 (June 22, 2007 [Williams]) connected new solar array to ISS electric system; first Swedish astronaut (Fuglesang); longest spaceflight by a woman (Williams; 194 days, 18 hours) Soyuz TMA-10/ISS Russia Oleg Kotov; Fyodor Yurchikhin; Charles Simonyi April 7October 21, 2007 (April 21 [Simonyi]) Expedition 15 crew (Kotov, Yurchikhin) to ISS STS-117 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Frederick Sturckow; Lee Archambault; Patrick Forrester; Steven Swanson; John Olivas; James Reilly; Clayton Anderson June 822, 2007 (November 7 [Anderson]) delivered S3/S4 truss to ISS STS-118 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Scott Kelly; Charles Hobaugh; Tracy Caldwell; Richard Mastracchio; Dafydd Williams; Barbara Morgan; Benjamin Drew August 821, 2007 delivered S5 truss Soyuz TMA-11/ISS Russia Yury Malenchenko; Peggy Whitson; Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor October 10, 2007 April 19, 2008 (October 21 [Sheikh]) Expedition 16 crew (Whitson, Malenchenko) to ISS; first Malaysian astronaut (Sheikh) STS-120 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Pamela Melroy; George Zamka; Scott Parazynski; Stephanie Wilson; Douglas Wheelock; Paolo Nespoli; Daniel Tani October 23 November 7, 2007 (February 20, 2008 [Tani]) added Harmony node to ISS STS-122 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Stephen Frick; Alan Poindexter; Stanley Love; Leland Melvin; Rex Walheim; Hans Schlegel; Leopold Eyharts February 720, 2008 (March 26 [Eyharts]) added ESA Columbus laboratory module to ISS STS-123 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Dominic Gorie; Gregory Johnson; Robert Behnkne; Michael Foreman; Doi Takao; Richard Linnehan; Garrett Reisman March 1126, 2008 (June 14 [Reisman]) added Canadian robot Dextre to ISS Soyuz TMA-12/ISS Russia Sergey Volkov; Oleg Kononenko; Yi So-Yeon April 8October 24, 2008 (April 19 [Yi]) Expedition 17 crew (Volkov, Kononenko) to ISS; first second-generation cosmonaut (Volkov); first Korean astronaut (Yi) STS-124 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Mark Kelly; Kenneth Ham; Karen Nyberg; Ronald Garan; Michael Fossum; Hoshide Akihiko; Gregory Chamitoff May 31June 14, 2008 (November 30 [Chamitoff]) added Japanese Kibo laboratory module to ISS Soyuz TMA-13/ISS Russia Yuri Lonchakov; Michael Fincke; Richard Garriott October 12, 2008 April 8, 2009 (October 24, 2008 [Garriott]) Expedition 18 crew (Fincke, Lonchakov) to ISS; first second-generation American astronaut (Garriott) STS-126 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Christopher Ferguson; Eric Boe; Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper; Donald Pettit; Stephen Bowen; Robert Kimbrough; Sandra Magnus November 1430, 2008 (March 28, 2009 [Magnus]) delivered equipment that would allow a six-person crew on the ISS STS-119 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Lee Archambault; Dominic Antonelli; John Phillips; Steven Swanson; Joseph Acaba; Richard Arnold; Wakata Koichi March 1528, 2009 (July 31 [Wakata]) added final solar array to ISS Soyuz TMA-14/ISS Russia Gennadi Padalka; Michael Barratt; Charles Simonyi March 26October 11, 2009 (April 8 [Simonyi]) Expeditions 19 and 20 crew (Padalka, Barratt); first repeat space tourist (Simonyi) Soyuz TMA-15/ISS Russia Roman Romanenko; Frank De Winne; Robert Thirsk May 27December 1, 2009 Expeditions 20 and 21 crew; brought ISS to full crew of six STS-127 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Mark Polansky; Douglas Hurley; David Wolf; Julie Payette; Christopher Cassidy; Thomas Marshburn; Timothy Kopra July 1531, 2009 (September 11 [Kopra]) added facility exposed to space to the Japanese Kibo laboratory module STS-128 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Frederick Sturckow; Kevin Ford; Patrick Forrester; John Olivas; Jose Hernandez; Christer Fuglesang; Nicole Stott August 29 September 11, 2009 (November 27 [Stott]) delivery of ESA-built logistics module Leonardo to ISS Soyuz TMA-16/ISS Russia Maksim Suryaev; Jeffrey Williams; Guy Lalibert September 29, 2009 March 18, 2010 (October 11, 2009 [Lalibert]) Expeditions 21 and 22 crew (Suryaev, Williams) STS-129 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Charles Hobaugh; Barry Wilmore; Michael Foreman; Robert Satcher; Randolph Bresnik; Leland Melvin November 1627, 2009 delivery of spare parts to ISS Soyuz TMA-17/ISS Russia Oleg Kotov; Noguchi Soichi; Timothy Creamer December 21, 2009 June 2, 2010 Expeditions 22 and 23 crew STS-130 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. George Zamka; Terry Virts; Kathryn Hire; Stephen Robinson; Robert Behnken; Nicholas Patrick February 821, 2010 installed Tranquility node on ISS Soyuz TMA-18/ISS Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov; Mikhail Korniyenko; Tracy Caldwell-Dyson April 4September 25, 2010 Expeditions 23 and 24 crew STS-131 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Alan Poindexter; James Dutton, Jr.; Dorothy Metcalf- Lindenburger; Stephanie Wilson; Richard Mastracchio; Yamazaki Naoko; Clayton Anderson April 520, 2010 delivery of ESA-built logistics module Leonardo to ISS STS-132 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Kenneth Ham; Dominic Antonelli; Michael Good; Piers Sellers; Stephen Bowen; Garrett Reisman May 1426, 2010 delivery of Russian-built Mini Research Module to ISS Soyuz TMA-19/ISS Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin; Shannon Walker; Douglas Wheelock June 16November 26, 2010 Expeditions 24 and 25 crew Soyuz TMA-01M/ISS Russia Aleksandr Kaleri; Oleg Skripochka; Scott Kelly October 8, 2010 March 16, 2011 Expeditions 25 and 26 crew Soyuz TMA-20/ISS Russia Dmitry Kondratyev; Paolo Nespoli; Catherine Coleman December 15, 2010 May 24, 2011 Expeditions 26 and 27 crew STS-133 (Discovery)/ISS U.S. Steven Lindsey; Eric Boe; Benjamin Drew; Michael Barratt; Stephen Bowen; Nicole Stott February 24March 9, 2011 delivery of robot Robonaut 2 and ESA-built Permanent Multipurpose Module to ISS; last flight of Discovery; first astronaut on consecutive shuttle flights (Bowen) Soyuz TMA-21/ISS Russia Aleksandr Samokutyayev; Andrei Borisenko; Ronald Garan April 5September 16, 2011 Expeditions 27 and 28 crew STS-134 (Endeavour)/ISS U.S. Mark Kelly; Gregory Johnson; Michael Fincke; Gregory Chamitoff; Andrew Feustel; Roberto Vittori May 16June 1, 2011 delivery of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to ISS; last flight of Endeavour Soyuz TMA-02M/ISS Russia Sergey Volkov; Furukawa Satoshi; Michael Fossum June 7November 22, 2011 Expeditions 28 and 29 crew STS-135 (Atlantis)/ISS U.S. Christopher Ferguson; Douglas Hurley; Sandra Magnus; Rex Walheim July 821, 2011 delivery of ESA-built Permanent Multipurpose Module to ISS; last flight of Atlantis; last space shuttle flight Soyuz TMA-22/ISS Russia Anton Shkaplerov; Anatoly Ivanishin; Daniel Burbank November 11, 2011 April 27, 2012 Expeditions 29 and 30 crew Soyuz TMA-03M/ISS Russia Oleg Kononenko; Andr Kuipers; Donald Pettit December 21, 2011 July 1, 2012 Expeditions 30 and 31 crew Soyuz TMA-04M/ISS Russia Gennady Padalka; Sergey Revin; Joseph Acaba May 15September 17, 2012 Expeditions 31 and 32 crew Soyuz TMA-05M/ISS Russia Yury Malenchenko; Sunita Williams; Hoshide Akihiko July 15November 19, 2012 Expeditions 32 and 33 crew Soyuz TMA-06M/ISS Russia Oleg Novitsky; Yevgeny Tarelkin; Kevin Ford October 23, 2012 March 16, 2013 Expeditions 33 and 34 crew Soyuz TMA-07M/ISS Russia Roman Romanenko; Chris Hadfield; Thomas Marshburn December 19, 2012 May 14, 2013 Expeditions 34 and 35 crew Soyuz TMA-08M/ISS Russia Pavel Vinogradov; Aleksandr Misurkin; Christopher Cassidy March 28September 11, 2013 Expeditions 35 and 36 crew Soyuz TMA-09M/ISS Russia Fyodor Yurchikhin; Luca Parmitano; Karen Nyberg May 28November 11, 2013 Expeditions 36 and 37 crew Soyuz TMA-10M/ISS Russia Oleg Kotov; Sergey Ryazansky; Michael Hopkins September 25, 2013 March 11, 2014 Expeditions 37 and 38 crew Soyuz TMA-11M/ISS Russia Mikhail Tyurin; Richard Mastracchio; Wakata Koichi November 7, 2013 May 14, 2014 Expeditions 38 and 39 crew Soyuz TMA-12M/ISS Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov; Oleg Artemyev; Steven Swanson March 25, 2014 Expeditions 39 and 40 crew Soyuz TMA-13M/ISS Russia Maksim Surayev; Gregory Wiseman; Alexander Gerst May 28, 2014 Expeditions 40 and 41 crew

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Genome – Dragon Ball Wiki – Wikia

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Genome Genomu Alternate names

Android Berserker

Genome, the Android Berserker (), is a Human who utilizes the advanced time travel technology of the Dragon Ball Heroes machines, allowing him to become a Bio-Android.[1]

Android Berserker is one of the Android classes in the arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes.

The Android Berserker in his alternate outfit

The Android Berserker is a young Bio-Android whose overall appearance resembles Cell's perfect form; the main differences being he is primarily colored purple instead of green and he has a mouthpiece similar to Imperfect Cell. When in his GM outfit, he seems to be the reverse of this with his body looking like Imperfect Cell's and his face appearing similar to that of Perfect Cell and Frieza's faces. In both outfits, he has the Red Ribbon Army logo on his chest. In his JM outfit, his overall appearance resembles Perfect Cell.

As a Human, Genome looks like a younger version of Super 17.

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New Technologies Boosting Transhumanist Agenda

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Will there one day be a one-world religion? If so, what will it look like? Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other particular faith in the world? Perhaps it would look somewhat agnostic, pagan, shamanistic, occultic or atheistic? Or even an ecumenical blend of all of the above? Perhaps even none of the above?

The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies recently examined the area of Transhumanism and wondered if it might actually turn out to be 'mankinds final religion'. Dirk Bruere admitted that there were varied interpretations and definitions of what Transhumanism really is, but settled on the following one for reference:

"Transhumanism is a class of philosophies of life that seek the continuation and acceleration of the evolution of intelligent life beyond its currently human form and human limitations by means of science and technology, guided by life-promoting principles and values." (Max More 1990).

The average Transhumanist is typically male, likely to be an engineer or scientist, technologically savvy and could easily be one of a "non-negligible contingent of current or former occultists". His/her primary goals and ambitions include the elimination of aging, eternal existence via 'upward evolution', achieving super-intelligence and maximising the use of artificial intelligence, in such forms as Googles self-driving cars, applications like Apples Siri, intelligent robots and the like. Generally, anything that would help mankind to 'transcend humanity' would be considered part of the transhumanist exhaustive agenda.

Bruere further states that Transhumanist goals "address the deepest hopes and fears of the human mind life, death, the afterlife, immortality, the nature of God(s) and the destiny of the universe". Sounds very much like your typical religion. However, the difference, based on Brueres controversial viewpoint, is that "unlike conventional religions they (transhumanists) seek hard engineering answers rather than ill-defined and ancient obfuscations".

The Transhumanist fraternity certainly has friends in high places and is not afraid to toot its own horn. Zoltan Istvan, US Presidential candidate of Transhumanist Party and Author of bestselling novel 'The Transhumanist Wager' described 2015 as a "great year for the transhumanism movement, "simply incredible" and a potential "breakout year".

Istvans reasons for being so delighted with 2015 were published in an article for the Huffington Post in late December. He focused on the wide and largely positive exposure given to the Transhumanist cause, predominantly via news websites, TV interviews and social media.

Troy Anderson for Charisma News recently reported on Istvans definition of Transhumanism: "Transhuman literally means beyond human. Transhumanists consist of life extensionists, techno-optimists, Singularitarians, biohackers, roboticists, AI (Artificial Intelligence) proponents, and futurists who embrace radical science and technology to improve the human condition. The most important aim for many transhumanists is to overcome human mortality, a goal some believe is achievable by 2045."

Anderson quoted Dr. Richard Lands reactions to the Transhuman goals and ideals. Dr. Land is President of the Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"The fact that we're trying to do this (artificially enhance human beings) is, to me, really high-tech eugenics... when we start permanently altering the genetics of the people involved that's going to have catastrophic consequences&you can see where that goes, it leads to Frankenstein monsters," said Land, who was recently named among the top 100 most influential Christian leaders in America.

"If, as Christians assume, man is the special creation of God with a soul and a spirit, bearing the image of God, no matter how flawed and warped it may be by sin, then human beings cannot be reconstructed by other humans as mere machinesvirtual or otherwise. There is indeed a divine spark in human beings that no man-created machine or technology can reproduce," Anderson said.

That wont stop the transhumanists from trying, as part of their culture seems to be to embrace a patronizing attitude towards people of faith and religion. The 'superior' transhumanist agenda aligns well with the pattern prophesied regarding the Anti-Christ, the Satan-indwelt end-time world leader who will appear to personify the ultimate goals of transhumanism.

Instead, he will use deception to feed into the age-old desire of mankind to replace God, or at the very least to be "like the Most High", while leading them into ultimate destruction.

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What is Eczema? : National Eczema Society

Posted: March 29, 2016 at 3:42 am

The word eczema comes from the Greek word ekzein which means to boil.

Eczema (also known as dermatitis) is a dry skin condition. It is a highly individual condition which varies from person to person and comes in many different forms. It is not contagious so you cannot catch it from someone else.

In mild cases of eczema, the skin is dry, scaly, red and itchy. In more severe cases there may be weeping, crusting and bleeding. Constant scratching causes the skin to split and bleed and also leaves it open to infection.

Eczema affects people of all ages but is primarily seen in children. Those who grow out of their eczema during early childhood may see it recur again in later life.

In the UK, one in five children and one in twelve adults have eczema while eczema and contact dermatitis account for 84-90% of occupational skin disease.

Atopic eczema is a genetic condition based on the interaction between a number of genes and environmental factors. In most cases there will be a family history of either eczema or one of the other atopic conditions i.e asthma or hay fever.

To understand what eczema is and what causes it, it helps to know something about the differences between healthy skin and skin affected by eczema.

Our skin provides a strong, effective barrier that protects the body from infection or irritation. Skin is made up of a thin outer layer, a fairly elastic one in the middle, and a fatty layer at the deepest level. Each layer contains skin cells, water and fats, all of which help maintain and protect the condition of the skin.

Healthy skin cells are plumped up with water, forming a protective barrier against damage and infection. Fats and oils in the skin help retain moisture, maintain body temperature and also prevent harmful substances or bacteria from entering our bodies.

One way of picturing the way your skin works is by thinking of it as a brick wall. The outer skin cells are the bricks, while fats and oils act as the mortar that keeps everything together and acts as a seal. The skin cells attract and keep water inside, and the fats and oils also help keep the water in.

If you have eczema, your skin may not produce as much fats and oils as other peoples, and will be less able to retain water. The protective barrier is therefore not as good as it should be. Gaps open up between the skin cells because they are not sufficiently plumped up with water.

Moisture is then lost from the deeper layers of the skin, allowing bacteria or irritants to pass through more easily. Some everyday substances contribute to breaking down the skin. Soap, bubble bath and washing-up liquid, for example, will remove oil from anyones skin, but if you have eczema your skin breaks down more easily, quickly becoming irritated, cracked and inflamed.

Because it is prone to drying out and is easily damaged, skin with eczema is more liable to become red and inflamed on contact with substances that are known to irritate or cause an allergic reaction.

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Eczema Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes …

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Eczema: Introduction

Eczema is a chronic skin condition marked by itching, inflammation, redness, and swelling of the skin. Eczema is one type of dermatitis and is a general term that includes a variety of types of eczema, including atopic eczema, allergic contact eczema, dyshidrotic eczema, and seborrheic eczema.

Eczema occurs when skin is more sensitive to certain substances than normal. This often occurs in patches and may appear as rashes that come and go and may disappear altogether. The exact cause of eczema is unknown, but it is linked to allergies and an abnormal response of the immune system. Exposure to triggers, such as stress, allergens, and skin irritants, precipitate a flare-up of eczema in sensitive people.

Eczema is a common condition, affecting about 10 percent to 20 percent of the world's population, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. The appearance, severity, symptoms, and triggers of eczema vary between individuals. Eczema does though frequently occur and reoccur during infancy and childhood and may resolve in adulthood. People who are more likely to develop eczema include those with a personal or family history of allergies, allergic rhinitis or asthma.

Symptoms of eczema can include itching followed by the development of a rash or patch of inflamed skin and more severe itching. For more information on symptoms, refer to symptoms of eczema.

Uncomplicated eczema is generally not a serious condition, but itching and scratching can lead to increased inflammation, open breaks in the skin, and a secondary bacterial infection or fungal infection of the surrounding skin and tissues. This is called cellulitis and can be potentially serious.

A diagnosis of eczema can often be made by taking a thorough health history, including symptoms, and performing a physical exam. For some people, skin patch testing may be performed. In a patch test, small amounts of common allergens are applied methodically to the skin to determine what substances are triggering an allergic response, leading to the eczema.

Because the symptoms of eczema may be similar to other skin conditions, such as psoriasis, hives, or pityriasis rosea, a misdiagnosis is possible. For information on misdiagnosis, refer to misdiagnosis of eczema.

There is currently no cure for eczema, but the condition can be controlled with a good treatment plan individualized to a person's medical history, specific type and severity of eczema, and other factors.

Treatment begins with the prevention of flare-ups. This includes an integrated plan to reduce exposure to irritants and allergens and minimize skin dryness. A variety of topical and oral medications may be prescribed to reduce inflammation and cure secondary infections. Another type of treatment that may be effective for some people with eczema is phototherapy.

A combination of treatments that include lifestyle changes with medications and other treatments as appropriate is the most effective way to best control eczema. For more information on treatment, refer to treatment of eczema. ...more

Eczema: Eczema is a chronic skin condition characterized by skin inflammation and irritation. The severity of extent of the condition is highly variable. It may be caused by allergies, irritants or other factors such as stress. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Eczema is available below.

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How to Treat Eczema Naturally (with Pictures) – wikiHow

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Steps Part 1 Treating Eczema Through Lifestyle Changes

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Eczema and Atopic Dermatitis | Overview – Family Doctor

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What is eczema?

Eczema is a general term for rash-like skin conditions. The most common type of eczema is called atopic dermatitis, which is an allergic reaction. Eczema is often very itchy and when you scratch it, the skin becomes red and inflamed. Eczema affects adults and children, but it is most common in babies.

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic skin condition. "Atopic" describes an inherited tendency to develop dermatitis, asthma and hay fever. "Dermatitis" means that the skin is red and itchy.

Atopic dermatitis usually starts during infancy and continues into childhood. There are times when the condition gets worse (called flare-ups). Flare-ups are followed by times when the skin will heal and there may be no signs of atopic dermatitis (called remission). Remission can last for weeks, months or even years. Some children will outgrow atopic dermatitis, and others will still have it when they are adults. Flare-ups in adults tend to be less severe.

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Atopic dermatitis (eczema) signs and symptoms vary widely from person to person and include:

Atopic dermatitis most often begins before age 5 and may persist into adolescence and adulthood. For some people, it flares periodically and then clears up for a time, even for several years.

Most people with atopic dermatitis also have Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on their skin. The staph bacteria multiply rapidly when the skin barrier is broken and fluid is present on the skin. This in turn may worsen symptoms, particularly in young children.

Factors that can worsen atopic dermatitis signs and symptoms include:

Atopic dermatitis is related to allergies. But eliminating allergens is rarely helpful in clearing the condition. Occasionally, items that trap dust such as feather pillows, down comforters, mattresses, carpeting and drapes can worsen the condition.

See your doctor if:

Take your child to the doctor if you notice these signs and symptoms in your child or if you suspect your child has atopic dermatitis.

Seek immediate medical attention for your child if the rash looks infected and he or she has a fever.

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I get quite a few questions about skin problems like eczema and psoriasis. Im not a dermatologist by any means, but I have had some personal experience with eczema (in myself and family) and have found some natural remedies that are helpful so I wanted to share.

I feel it is important to note that all of the topical remedies in the world didnt help us until we addressed the underlying problem, specifically: diet and lifestyle factors that were causing/contributing to the eczema to begin with.

Just as you cant out supplement a bad diet in other areas, topical remedies dont address the underlying problem that is causing the eczema to begin with.

Certainly, eczema and other skin issues are complex conditions with a potential variety of causes, but there do seem to be some common things that help (both dietary and other).

In our family, our son struggled with eczema off and on for a long time before we were finally able to get rid of it. He was born via c-section (due to placenta previa) and was given antibiotics and steroids as soon as he was born. This led to problems with his gut bacteria, some learning delays and some skin/digestive problems. We started the GAPS program combined with a pretty intensive supplement and lifestyle change for him and finally started to see improvement.

If you havent heard of it, GAPS is:

The protocol inGut and Psychology Syndromeis basically an intensive nutritional program to heal the gut lining. It focuses on soothing and healing the gut lining with foods likebone brothand beneficial fats while boosting beneficial gut bacteria with probiotics and fermented foods.

Depending on the severity of the patient, one either begins with or works up to the Introduction Diet, which is the strictest part of the protocol, focused on intensive healing. There are then stages as the person begins to introduce other foods. The most difficult factor of the GAPS diet is that in order to be effective, especially in the beginning, one must be 100% compliant. This means a lot of preparing foods at home, as practically any foods prepared by someone not familiar with the protocol will have things that canaggravatethe gut.

For us, it meant a diet high in healing foods like bone broth(great for skin) and healthy fats and removing certain foods including gluten and casein (wheat and dairy). We also found that it was helpful to avoid food dyes and any processed ingredients, though this was as much from a behavior perspective as a skin one.

If you or a family member struggle with skin problems, allergies or behavior struggles, Id definitely recommend at least checking out the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome to see if the protocol would be helpful for you.

Of course, once diet has been addressed, there are some things that can be used topically to speed healing or limit discomfort during the healing time. For us, these things were helpful:

I use coconut oil for everything. It is one of the things that would absolutely be on my list in a you-are-going-to-an-island-and-can-only-bring-five-things type situation. We use it for skin, hair, teeth, health and even soap making at our house, but it is also great for eczema (as long as the person isnt allergic/intolerant to coconut!).

Ive found that for us, a thin layer of coconut oil or a coconut oil lotion bar helps cool eczema itching and pain. For those sensitive to coconut oil, these hypoallergenic lotion bars work really well too.

For eczema that is wet/oozing, Ive found that drying it works better than trying to moisturize it and offers relief. For this, we use a homemade salt and magnesium spray. Ive often heard people with skin problems say that they felt better at the beach, and it makes sense. Between the Vitamin D, the magnesium and the minerals in the water, the beach is great for skin health!

For those who dont live near the ocean, this homemade spraycan help achieve some of the same benefits at home.

Sounds nasty (doesnt taste so great either) but fermented cod liver oil is one of the supplements we take daily. From a past post:

Fermented Cod Liver Oil (FCLO) is recommended by the Weston A. Price Foundation and is a great source of healthy fats for the body. This supplement is also an integral part of thetooth remineralization processas detailed by Dr. Price and by Rami Nagel inCure Tooth Decay. These two help reduce inflammation in the body and lead to healthy cell, hormone and brain development. They are especially important during pregnancy and for children while their brains are developing.

Cod Liver Oil/High Vitamin Butter Oil are a great source of the fat-soluble vitamins A,D, E and K and as such are supportive of hundreds or processes in the body. The supplements are rather pricey, but weve seen a big difference from adding this to our regimen (including skin health!)

We takeFermented Cod Liver Oil in CapsulesorFermented Cod Liver Oil/High Vitamin Butter Oil blendin Gel Form.

Yes, the taste is terrible and yes, my kids do have to take it anyway. You can sneak the chocolate flavored gel into smoothies though.

For some people with eczema, soaking in water makes it worse. For those who tolerate it, magnesium baths and other types of detox baths can be helpful in skin healing.

I regularly add a cup of epsom salts ormagnesium flakesand a few tablespoons of Himalayan salt to my kids baths. When I have the time, I take relaxing baths in this mixture also.

When I cant take the time for a bath,magnesium oilalso helps. Amazingly, I notice the benefits oftransdermal magnesium(baths ormagnesium oil) much more quickly than when I take internal forms of magnesium.

My favorite magnesium bath recipe is:

These three detox bath recipes are also all great if the person can handle warm water.

Just as with the Fermented Cod Liver Oil, probiotics are one supplement that seems to make a noticeable difference with skin health (if the problem is diet/gut related). For us, high quality probiotics were vital when we were intensively doing GAPS.

Probiotics and probiotic-rich foods are another element that is often missing from the modern diet. Im constantly seeing more research on the many ways that gut bacteria influences our health. In the past, people often preserved food by fermenting it, which also was a good source of probiotics for them. Now, most foods are dead, and we rarely ferment them in thetraditionalways, so we dont consume probiotic rich foods without a specific effort to do so.

We also make an effort to wash our hands and our food (a good thing with the chemicals on them these days) which also wash off the beneficial soil-borne micro-organisms that provide friendly-bacteria to the gut.

Since gut bacteria is so important, probiotics are one supplement I always make sure to take. You can get someprobiotics in fermented food and drinkssuch as:

We takeBio-Kult Probiotics(developed by the founder of the GAPS diet it doesnt have to be refrigerated) and Ive seen digestive improvements from this brand (Ive often see no result from other probiotics). We all take these as a dailymaintenance, but at the first sign of digestive troubles or illness, we double or triple the dose until we are better. I also took these to heal after I got food poisoning, and was back to normal in a couple of days.

I sneak them into the kids smoothies and drinks, and my older ones will even swallow or chew the capsule (they are small).

Ive mentioned that bone broth was an important part of a healing diet for us, and this was partially because of its high gelatin content. Gelatin is very soothing to the gut and is also great for hair, skin and nail health.

Homemade, nutrient dense bone broth is incredibly easy and inexpensive to make. There is no comparison to the store-bought versions which often contain MSG or other chemicals and which lack gelatin and some of the other health-boosting properties of homemade broth.

In selecting the bones for broth, look for high quality bones from grass fed cattle or bison, pastured poultry or wild caught fish. Since youll be extracting the minerals and drinking them in concentrated form, you want to make sure that the animal was as healthy as possible.

There are several places to find good bones for stock:

This recipe for broth is my favorite and is an adaption of the recipe inNourishing Traditions.

For those who arent ready to jump in to having a pot of boiling bones on the stove, some of the same benefits can be obtained from taking Gelatin as a supplement instead.We useGreat Lakes Koshersince I was able to verify with the company that it is sourced from grass-fed, humanely raised cows, and as such is higher in nutrients.

I also use Gelatin in recipes like:

For scars or blisters from eczema that take longer to heal, a homemade healing salve was helpful for us. Our son would get eczema on his face before we were able to heal his gut and we are still working on reversing the scars from that. One thing that is helping is this homemade healing salve.

My homemade healing salve (or boo-boo lotion, according to the kids) is helpful on eczema as well as: cuts, bruises, stings, poison ivy and skin irritations. It also helps diaper rash and baby skin irritations- just dont use with cloth diapers or line them first!

Here is the recipe.

I vividly remember how terrible it was to watch my son suffer through his eczema and I know the pain of not being able totake away the pain/itching a child experiences. The book The Eczema Cureis a very thorough resource and provides answers when it feels like youve tried everything else. Use the code WMAMA20 at this link for 20% off.

Have you ever struggled with eczema or skin problems? What helped you? Share below!

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