Atopic dermatitis in adults

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease for which there is no cure. It is also known as eczema.

In most cases, it affects children, but it is estimated that approximately 10% of patients continue to experience eczema well into adulthood.

So does this disease It can only appear in adulthood, when the episodes are more intense and affect a person’s daily life, mood, sleep and daily activities.

“Atopic dermatitis is not only transmitted on the skin and living with it is a significant challenge, how to patients like those around them, because it is a state which requires constant attention in order to control it symptomatology and skin lesions, as well as other related consequences,” explained Dr. Eyra Medina, medical director Inflammation and Pfizer Immunology for Central America and the Caribbean (CAC).

This one disease It manifests itself in different ways in each person, however, among its main signs are injuries reddish appearance furwhich in turn generate itching and make the affected area look dry, scaly and rough. These symptoms represent a social and psychological burden for the patient, considering sleep disorders, severe itching, as well as episodes of anxiety and depression that they can cause.

In addition, there may be lower school or work productivity, and even social exclusiondue to the incorrect stigma of the infectious disease.

Tips

There are a number of recommendations for proper daily skin care, as well as for emotional well-beingwhich will help patients to have better Quality of lifesays Medina.’

– The goal is to provide effective treatment of symptoms and improve the patient’s quality of life.

-? The disease mainly affects children, although it can persist into adulthood, and even appear for the first time at this stage.

For example: regularly massage or moisturize your skin two to three times a day with moisturizing creams without alcohol, fragrance or other chemicals.

Likewise, avoid those factors that worsen symptoms, such as consumption of food that causes flameusing itchy clothes or strong soaps and detergents, sudden changes in temperature and sweating, among others.

Namely

Adults with moderate or severe atopic dermatitis countries have the option of treatment to control their symptoms disease.

It is about CIBINQO (abrocitinib), which will be prescribed to patients according to the assessment of a specialist doctor.