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Atopic dermatitis

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Atopic dermatitis, sometimes called eczemais a kind of dermatitis, atopic, psychosomaticskin disease.

Skinof an affected person reacts to irritants, food and air allergens and becomes red, flaky and very itchy. It also becomes vulnerable to inflamations caused by bacteria. Joints (for example inner sides of elbows and knees) are most commonly affected regions.

Atopic dermatitis very often occurs together with other atopicdiseases like hay fever, asthmaand conjunctivitis. It is a chronic disease and its symptoms can grow or disappear over time. There is no cure for it, but its symptoms can be diminished with various treatments.

It is believed that psyche and emotions have significant influence on patients' condition. However, many other incurable diseases (eg tuberculosisuntil 1946 and cancer) had or has a psychological interpretation, which disappears when a cure is found (Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor).

Atopic dermatitis is often mistaken with psoriasis.

See also

  • Atopy
  • SCORAD

External links

  • Atopic dermatitis picture page at Dermnet
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