Effects of skin care with shower therapy on children with atopic dermatitis in elementary schools.
For elementary school children with atopic dermatitis, a skin care program using shower therapy was performed during the school lunch break for 6 weeks from June to July in 2004 and 2005. All 53 participants showed an improvement in their atopic dermatitis during the 6-week periods studied. Skin care with daily showering at an elementary school was thus found to be effective for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.
Mochizuki
Hiroyuki
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Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Medicine, Showa-machi 3-39-15, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. mochihi@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
Muramatsu
Reiko
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Tadaki
Hiromi
H
Mizuno
Takahisa
T
Arakawa
Hirokazu
H
Morikawa
Akihiro
A
D002648:Child; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy; D012572:School Health Services; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome