800,000 Australians suffer 'distressing' condition | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
When Alok Narayan was training as an orthopedic surgeon, patients would fixate on his red, inflamed hands from eczema and ask, "Is it contagious?"

It wasn't. But the questions, the pain, the discomfort and the relentless itchiness -  his eczema first appeared as spots on his face nine years ago, spread to his hands and is now all over his body -  meant he'd often stay home.