Dermatologists use the terms “eczema” and “dermatitis” interchangeably to describe a varied pattern of inflammation which, when acute, is characterised by erythema and vesiculation, and, when chronic, by dryness, lichenification, and fissuring (fig 1). Contact dermatitis is the consequence of a pathological response to one or more external agents that may act either as irritants, where allergic...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic immune-mediated disease characterized by intense pruritis, causing inflammation, itching, and redness of the skin. Dupilumab human monoclonal antibody that has been approved for treatment atopic dermatitis. It also linked with various adverse effects, most them confined to injection site. Café-au-lait-macules are benign pigmented lesions skin, usually seen in...

The clinical picture of eczema as it appears in infants and young children is sufficiently characteristic to be readily recognized. The earliest lesions consist of minute, pale pink papulo-vesicles which erupt in small groups and at first are set in non-inflamed skin, although the pale pink background soon appears. The eruption is usually symmetrical and in infants most commonly first arises on...

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. DOI In 2005, a 60-year-old woman suffering from osteoarthritis received a total knee replacement (TKA) (e.motion, BBraun Aesculap, Tuttlingen, Germany) in another hosp...

Low-molecular-weight heparins are obtained by depolymerization of conventional heparin; these heparins are part of the anticoagulant armamentarium and are widely used as therapy or prophylaxis in thromboembolic conditions. They are used at the initiation of long-term oral anticoagulant therapy and are the treatment of choice for the substitution of oral therapy before invasive diagnostic or the...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that epidermal barrier dysfunction contributes to the development of atopic dermatitis (AD) and other allergic diseases. OBJECTIVE We performed a prospective, randomized controlled trial to investigate whether protecting the skin barrier with a moisturizer during the neonatal period prevents development of AD and allergic sensitization. METHODS An em...