A little girl with eczema so severe she wakes up with her bedsheets covered in blood is to star in a new cartoon to help other kids living with the condition.
Katie Burns, 10 , was diagnosed with eczema as a baby, with the condition leaving her skin red, inflamed and itchy. The youngster, from Dunfermline, often wakes up bleeding and sore from itching through the night and can be so self-conscious over how her skin looks during a flare up that she covers up.
Katie's mum Jo says her daughter has even received 'horrible' comments from other children at school, with some asking if her eczema is 'contagious' and refusing to hold her hand.Jo said: "Lots of people don't understand how debilitating eczema can be.
Katie can spend all day itchy and sore and subconsciously scratch at her skin until it bleeds. Sleep can be disturbed with intense itching and often the bed sheets will be covered in blood from her breaking the skin in her sleep."She added: "Now Katie is 10, she is more aware of her appearance and what other people think.
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