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Y o u r c o m m u n i t y n e e d s a c h a p t e r o f a n a t i o n a l e c z e m a a s s o c i a t i o n i f y o u r c o u n t r y h a s a n o v e r a l l b o d y a l r e a d y . T h e I n t e r n e t m a k e s i t p o s s i b l e f o r a n y a s s o c i a t i o n t o f u n c t i o n o n a g l o b a l s c a l e , b u t m e d i c a l m a t t e r s a r e s u b j e c t t o c o u n t r y - s p e c i f i c r e g u l a t i o n s . F u r t h e r , t h e r e c o u l d b e m a n y f a m i l i e s w i t h o u t r e g u l a r a c c e s s t o c o m p u t e r s , a n d s o m e a s p e c t s o f c o u n s e l i n g a r e b e s t c o n d u c t e d i n f a c e - t o - f a c e s e s s i o n s a n y w a y . E v e r y a s s o c i a t i o n g r o w s i n s t r e n g t h a s i t i s a b l e t o e s t a b l i s h p h y s i c a l g r o u p i n g s i n a n e v e r - w i d e n i n g n e t w o r k . S i n c e e c z e m a c a n r e s u l t f r o m l o c a l a n t i g e n s , i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o s p r e a d t h e w i n g s o f a n a s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h i s c o n d i t i o n a s w i d e l y a s p o s s i b l e .
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T h e E c z e m a a n d S e n s i t i v e S k i n E d u c a t i o n ( E A S E ) p r o g r a m i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i s a p r i m e e x a m p l e o f t h e k i n d o f v a l u e s w h i c h a n a t i o n a l e c z e m a a s s o c i a t i o n c a n d e l i v e r . E A S E h a s a l r e a d y m a d e d e e p i n r o a d s i n t o h e l p i n g p e o p l e a n d t h e i r f a m i l i e s c o p e w i t h e c z e m a . T h o u g h t h e c o n d i t i o n i s n o t i n f e c t i o u s , s k i n e r u p t i o n s m a y b e d u e t o p a t h o g e n i c t r a n s f e r s . T h e r e f o r e , E A S E h a s s i g n i f i c a n t p u b l i c h e a l t h p o t e n t i a l , a p a r t f r o m t h e d i r e c t r e l i e f i t p r o v i d e s t o v u l n e r a b l e p e o p l e . E c z e m a c a n s t r i k e a t a n y t i m e , a n d m a y s p a r e n o o n e , s o y o u s h o u l d p a r t i c i p a t e a c t i v e l y i n E A S E , a n d t r y t o d e s i g n s i m i l a r p r o g r a m s o f y o u r o w n a s w e l l .
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