ASPECTS OF CHILDREN’S DERMATOLOGY: FROM STROPHULUS INFANTUM TO ATOPIC DERMATITIS

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increase in atopic dermatitis all over the world. The disease is more common in highly developed countries, in cities, less often in rural areas and with a higher socioeconomic status, which implies insufficient exposure to infectious agents. Children attending preschool institutions with extensive contacts with their peers are less likely to have atopic dermatitis than their peers with a low index of infectious morbidity. In this article, the author provides a literature review of new pathogenetic factors in the development of atopic dermatitis, a mitigating effect of emollients in the therapy and prevention of atopic dermatitis in children, describes his own clinical experience.

Keywords

• atopic dermatitis
• eczema
• strophulus infantum
• moisturizers
• emollients
• treatment
• prevention