cindy
Sounds like it to me. I am now in my mid twentys and have had excema my whole life. My hands are the worse,they become red,swollen,itchy and covered in blisters. It is very frustrating and does keep me up at night. For rhe itch try soaking the affected area in corse salt dissolved in luke warn water it helps. Also try bathing in oatmeal it works great plus it helps keep the skin smooth. It would be pretty lumpy to bath in oatmeal so what I do is put a handful in a nylon sock and throw it in the tub. Works great. Hope this helpful and good luck.PS it is defintely brought on by stress. Relax an soak in a nice hot bath of oatmeal milk.