Atopic Dermatitis Treatment
Eczema, also called atopic dermatitis, is a chronic condition that affects the skin. This condition is not contagious; it cannot be passed from one person to another. The term dermatitis means inflammation of the skin. The term atopic involves a group of conditions where there is usually an inherited tendency to acquire other allergic conditions, such as asthma and hay fever. In eczema, the skin becomes unusually itchy. Scratching produces cracking, weeping clear fluid, redness, swelling, and finally, crusting and scaling. When some children suffering eczema grow older, their skin disease is alleviated or disappears completely, although their skin usually remains dry and easily irritated. In others, eczema continues to be an important problem in adulthood.
There are no recognized causes for eczema, but the condition seems to appear from a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Children are more likely to acquire this condition if allergic conditions like asthma or hay fever affect, or have affected, one or both parents. While some individuals outgrow dermal symptoms, nearly three out of four children suffering eczema go on to acquire hay fever or asthma. Environmental elements can bring on symptoms of eczema at any time in people who have inherited the atopic condition trait.
Eczema is also associated with malfunction of the organism’s immune system: the system that identifies and helps fight viruses and bacteria that attack your organism. Scientists have found that patients suffering eczema have a deficient level of a cytokine protein that is essential to the healthy function of the organism’s immune mechanism and a high level of other cytokines that lead to allergic reactions. The immune mechanism can become confused and create dermatitis even in the absence of a major infection.
In the past, doctors thought that eczema was caused by an emotional disorder. We now know that emotional factors, such as stress, can worsen the condition, but they do not cause the condition.
Also, a wide variety of skin care solutions contain preservatives. People who are allergic to one of these preservatives can have either localized or widespread dermatitis. Antigen-avoidance lists that facilitate patient instruction about what products to avoid can be acquired from the manufacturers of patch test allergens. With these written guidelines alone, patients must read skin care solution labels carefully, searching for the names of their allergens as recognized by patch tests as well as for any synonyms and cross-reactors of these allergens. After the identification of an allergen, a nurse can play a vital role in helping patients understand their dermatitis and its treatment. Nurses are in a perfect position to spend time educating patients about how to uncover the sources of certain allergens and, subsequently, how to avoid them.
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- Angelique Jodein
