BACKGROUND Atopic eczema is a common and distressing disease. This study aims to review PubMed indexed research statistics on atopic eczema over a-10 year period to investigate the clinical relevance and research interest about this disease. METHODS PubMed (a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine) was searched for the terms "atopic dermatitis" and "eczema", with limits activated (H...

The prevalence of atopic eczema has been found to have increased greatly in some parts of the world. Building on a systematic review of global disease trends in asthma, our objective was to study trends in incidence and prevalence of atopic eczema. Disease trends are important for health service planning and for generating hypotheses regarding the aetiology of chronic disorders. We conducted a ...

AIM Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) are immunomodulatory, but their role in allergy development is controversial. We investigated whether proportions of LCPUFAs in serum phospholipids were related to allergic diagnosis, seafood intake and LCPUFA proportions in cord blood. METHODS Serum was obtained from 148 birth cohort children at 13 years of age. Forty had atopic eczema, 53...

Atopic dermatitis is a common condition in children that is characterized by atopic eczematous skin rash that is highly pruritic. Children with atopic dermatitis might have other immunologic disorders, such as asthma and food allergies. The diagnosis of atopic eczema due to atopic dermatitis in children is a clinical-based one with little value of laboratory investigations. Once the diagnosis i...

Atopic dermatitis is a common condition in children that is characterized by atopic eczematous skin rash that is highly pruritic. Children with atopic dermatitis might have other immunologic disorders, such as asthma and food allergies. The diagnosis of atopic eczema due to atopic dermatitis in children is a clinical-based one with little value of laboratory investigations. Once the diagnosis i...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Perturbations in intestinal microbiota composition due to lifestyle changes may be involved in the development of atopic diseases. We examined gut microbiota composition in early infancy and the subsequent development of atopic manifestations and sensitisation. METHODS The faeces of 957 infants aged 1 month and participating in the KOALA Birth Cohort Study were analysed us...

Atopic eczema (herein referred to as ‘eczema’) is a skin disease characterized by remitting and relapsing symptoms. The Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative was developed establish core outcome set (COS) be measured all future trials. atopic clinical trials includes the domain patient-reported control, but review of validation available control instruments lacking. We aimed...

Atopic dermatitis is a common skin condition in which the process of inflammation becomes imbalanced. Affected people have eczema‐like lesions and intense itching. Although mild atopic can be successfully treated with creams ointments, moderate severe disease often requires treatment corticosteroids immunosuppressants that affect entire body. However, these treatments cause undesirable side‐eff...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of maternal diet during lactation and the use of formula feeds on the development of atopic eczema in infants at risk. DESIGN Mothers who planned to breast feed exclusively were randomly allocated to either a restricted diet (avoiding milk and other dairy products, eggs, fish, peanuts, and soybeans) or a diet without restrictions. Mothers who did not plan to b...