BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD) remains to be determined; recently a possible change in the immune system with production of immunoglobulins is proposed. As vitamin E is a potent antioxidant, with the ability to decrease the serum levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in atopic patients, we aimed to evaluate the effect of oral vitamin E on treatment of AD. MATERIALS AND METHO...

Objectives: The purpose of this work was development, formulation and testing of new herbal ointment for the treatment of mild to severe atopic dermatitis in infants and children (4 to 56 months old) as possible alternative therapy to standard corticosteroids and immunomodulants. Patients and methods: 50 patients were treated 8 weeks (every four hours) with the ointment containing the following...

MATERIAL AND METHODS Fig. 1. Narrow-band UVB (NB-UVB) and combined UVAB treatTen adult patients (mean age 27 years) with symmetrical AD were ment results in half-side comparison study in 10 patients with atopic included in the half-side (right/left) comparison study. One side of the dermatitis ( 5 NB-UVB; 5 UVAB). body was treated with narrow-band UVB, the other with combined UVAB. The light so...

OBJECTIVE Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common chronic relapsing skin disease seen in infancy and childhood. The intestinal microbiota play an important role in immune development and may play a role in the development of allergic disorders. Manipulation of the intestinal microbiota by synbiotics may therefore offer an approach to the prevention or treatment of AD and allergic diseases. We...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D insufficiency during winter is common in the Nordic countries. Heliotherapy (HT) may heal atopic dermatitis (AD) but its effect on vitamin D balance has not been examined. OBJECTIVES To study the effect of HT on serum calcidiol (25-hydroxyvitamin D) concentration and on healing of AD. METHODS Twenty-three adult patients with AD received a 2-week course of HT in the Cana...

269 Refractory Chronic Urticaria Treated with Omalizumab Martinez Saenz, NP, Ramírez Del Pozo, ME, Lopez Tiro JJ, and Javier Gomez Vera, MD. Alergia e inmunologia clínica, Hospital Regional Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is a common disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of urticaria pruritic erythematous lesions, associated with ang...

BACKGROUND A randomized, double-blind study designed to compare the efficacy of DermaSilk versus a sleeve of similar structure but minus the AEM 5772/5 antimicrobial finish in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical effect of adding an antimicrobial finish to knitted silk garments on eczema severity and on pruritus in patients with AD. METHODS Thirty pati...

BACKGROUND Beyond their role in hemostasis and thrombosis, platelets are important for modulating inflammatory reactions. Activated platelets play a role in the pathomechanism of inflammatory diseases such as asthma, but little is known about platelet activation in chronic skin inflammation, including atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis. Furthermore, the relationship between platelet activatio...

BACKGROUND Using a double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial (Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12607000518460), we have shown that in a high risk birth cohort, maternal supplementation from 35 weeks gestation until 6 months if breastfeeding and infant supplementation until 2 years with Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 (HN001) (6 × 10(9) cfu/day) halved the cumulative pr...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common childhood chronic inflammatory skin condition that greatly affects the quality of life (QoL) of affected children and their families. The aim of our study was to assess QoL and family QoL of children with AD from 4 different countries and then compare the data, evaluating the effects of AD severity and age of children. Data on the Children's Dermatology Life Q...