title: Atopic Dermatitis: A Common Pediatric Condition and Its Evolution in Adulthood.
abstract: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic and pruritic inflammatory skin disorder that has a relapsing course and can affect any age group. Patients with AD have higher rates of other allergic disorders, mental health disorders, and skin infections. An important feature of AD for practitioners to recognize is that the clinical presentation varies by age from infancy into adulthood. The goals of treatment and management of AD focuses on restoring and maintaining the skin barrier function, minimizing inflammation, breaking the itch-scratch cycle, and treating possible external triggers and secondary infections that may propagate AD.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way Northeast OC 9.834, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Electronic address: Deepti.Gupta@seattlechildrens.org.
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004643:Emollients / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010789:Phototherapy; D010808:Physical Examination; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D039981:Pyroglyphidae; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D004643:Emollients; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
keywords: Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; Bleach bath; Corticosteroids; Eczema; Phototherapy; Pruritus