INTRODUCTION The management of sensitive skin, which affects over 60% of the general population, has been a long-standing challenge for both patients and clinicians. Because defective epidermal permeability barrier is one of the clinical features of sensitive skin, barrier-enhancing products could be an optimal regimen for sensitive skin. In the present study, we evaluated the efficacy and safe...

During August and September, 1954, 10 babies (seven girls and three boys with ages ranging from 3 to 14 months) were admitted to the Shadwell branch of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children. They all showed a similar clinical picture, of uncertain aetiology, with irritability, fever, a maculopapular rash, enlargement of superficial lymph nodes, vomiting and diarrhoea. Changes in the cerebro...

adhesion. We used urushiol, the active ingredient in poison ivy, as an agonist for aggregation. Of course, I never wore anything practical like pants or a lab coat and got a raging urushiol rash all over my legs. When I wasn’t tampering with sea urchin reproduction or dripping urushiol on my thighs, I hung out with students and faculty in the legendary MBL summer courses and went to a lot of gr...

BACKGROUND Cocaine is a highly abused substance in United States with almost 70 % of cocaine adulterated with levamisole. It is known to cause vasculitis involving multiple organs due to its direct toxic effect and by the contribution of levamisole or a combined effect of both. CASE REPORT A 51-year-old woman complained of painful erythematous rash in her hands and lower extremities that star...

Granuloma gluteale infantum is a benign disorder with the clinical appearance of "granulomatous" nodules involving the diaper area. It is an uncommon disorder considered a complication of primary irritant diaper dermatitis. A 6-month-old boy with reddish-purple oval nodules located on the right inguinal fold and right buttock diagnosed as granuloma gluteale infantum is presented. A contributing...

INTRODUCTION Diaper dermatitis (DD) is a common inflammatory disorder among children and infants. The objective of the present randomized and double-blind trial was to compare the therapeutic efficacies of aloe vera cream and Calendula officinalis ointment on the frequency and severity of DD in children. METHODS Sixty-six infants with DD (aged < 3 years) were randomized to receive either aloe...

BACKGROUND This is the first peer-reviewed study to quantify diaper need, propose a method to measure diaper need, and explore psychosocial variables associated with diaper need in a large sample of urban, low-income families. METHODS Data were derived from a cross-sectional study in 877 pregnant and parenting women. Mothers completed surveys on topics related to mental health, basic needs, a...

Objectives: Material hardship represents a potential mechanism by which poverty influences the mental health of mothers. This study examined the association between two forms of material hardship, diaper need and food insufficiency, and maternal depressive symptoms. Methods: Data were from a cross-sectional study of 296 urban, pregnant or parenting, low-income women. A linear regression model w...

Diaper dermatitis is a common problem in outpatient pediatric office settings. Although most diaper rashes represent a form of contact dermatitis in response to irritants in the diaper environment, other rashes may be the result of an allergen in the diaper. On the basis of clinical examination results for 5 patients and patch testing results for 2 patients, we suspect that the patients demonst...