ECZEMA TREATMENT

ECZEMA TREATMENT: "Climate Changes Affect Atopic Eczema ReferenceByremo, G., Rod, G. and Carlsen, K.H. 2006. Effect of climatic change in children with atopic eczema. Allergy 61: 1403-1410. BackgroundAtopic eczema, to quote the authors of this study, 'is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by itching, lesions and lichenification,' especially at 'the flexure sites of the major joints of the upper and lower extremities.' The pain and itching associated with the disease, as they describe it, 'may cause depressive symptoms, social isolation and reduced self-perception,' negatively influencing the quality of life in both children and their caretakers. They further report that epidemiological studies suggest climate influences the disease's prevalence, noting that 'atopic eczema has been reported worldwide to be positively associated with latitude and negatively with temperature (Weiland et al., 2004).'"