I saw two children with droopy red bottom eyelids and also had dry skin allover their bodies. Contagious?

The kids looked sort of like twins about 4 years old. The boy lay down on the cold floor of the store and was sliding along trying to scratch his skin. The skin was flakey looking and the eyelids drooped down and could see the red. They both had the exact same symptoms. The skin looked tight and miserable. I was with my daughters and grandson and I want to make sure this isn't something contagious.

I saw two children with droopy red bottom eyelids and also had dry skin allover their bodies. Contagious?
Hiya, no its not contagious, my 18 year old daughter has the same, it is a chronic form of eczema which never goes away..she has to smother herself in cream up to 8 times a dayand it affects her eyes and her mouth too... Honestly your children and grandchildren are perfectly safe
Reply:It could have been exzema (sp?), it really drys out the skin and makes it look really red....and exzema is not contagious
Reply:a friend of mines little boy has this same condition it is not contagious they probably have severe cases of eczema that usually leads to skin infections this looks terrible and feels terrible to the child but it is not passed on by touching
Reply:You seem to be describing my children to a T. Most children who have allergies, have eczema and asthma as well . the red puffiness under the eye lids is a result of the seasonal allergies and the dry itchy tight skin is eczema. I deal with this problem regularly as preschools often make me take my children to prove it is just their allergies and not pink eye. the symptoms are same or similar because they are all know to be hereditary conditions. Most siblings symptoms will vary as my daughters skin is worse than my sons, but his asthma is worse than hers. his allergies are worse as well, but he is older so if these children are twins their systems may have the same reaction to the diseases. they in no way shape or form are contagious if that's what they have. and the rolling around on the floor may seem odd, but when the "itching" wont stop no matter what children as well as adults will do anything to make it stop. hope this info helps. please dint be frightened by these kids. i was one of those kids and labeled very early on because my skin was different.