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with severe eczema are 62 per cent more likely to die from several health conditions, than those who do not have it, say researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. They studied mortality data from 1998 to 2016, comparing 35,000 people with severe eczema with the general population, and found sufferers were far more likely to die from conditions such as infections and lung problems. Scientists believe the elevated death risk may be connected with poor sleep quality, an immune system dysfunction or the drugs the patients are on.