Eczema patients face increased risk of accidental injury

My eczema exploded upon taking Niacin as part of a clinical research trial. I never did take any drugs to combat it. I pretty much controlled it by applying coconut oil on it for a week.
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/news/2014/10/Silverberg-accident-prone-eczema.html
Intense itching and dry, irritable skin aren’t the only problems adults with eczema face. They are at greater risk of accidental bone fractures and other injuries, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.
This is the first study to find adult eczema is a risk factor for fractures and other injuries.
The increased odds of accidental injury could be directly related to the side effects of steroids and sedating antihistamines commonly prescribed to treat the skin disorder or the under-treatment of severe cases, study authors suggest.
“Many eczema patients who are prescribed medication for itch are often given sedating antihistamines or steroids, but those medications may come at a price,” said Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PHD, MPH, assistant professor in Dermatology, Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine and senior author of the study. “Sedatives cause fatigue, and steroids can lead to bone density problems and osteoporosis.”
The study, published Oct. 29 in the journal JAMA Dermatology, validates what Dr. Silverberg sees regularly at the Northwestern Multidisciplinary Eczema Center.
“Last month three of my patients with eczema cancelled at the last minute because of injuries,” he said. “One fell and almost got hit by a bus, another was hit by a car and then another missed her appointment because she was in a car accident. You can't make this stuff up.”
More than 10 percent of adults have eczema, which also is called atopic dermatitis. A third of those people report a moderate- to-severe form of the skin condition. The itch eczema patients experience can be maddening.

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