The spot on the skin is not a drama, But you have to be alert. This is how atopic dermatitis can be manifested. The sooner you start treatment, the greater the chance, that the disease will be stopped.
Polish dermatologists recognize more and more cases of atopic dermatitis in our country. Mainly children are sick, (about 20 percentage of seven -year -olds), But a large number of new cases are also observed among adult teenagers and people.
Name: atopic dermatitis (AZS) It covers many disease symptoms, whose basis is allergy. They were formerly referred to as eczema. Most often they are dry, rough, flaky stains on the skin. Atopic changes occur on the face (Also on the head, under the hair), in the bends of the elbows and knees, in the arms. In an advanced form, AZS can cover almost the whole body. And many people feel such a strong need to scratch, that they hurt the blood.
AZS often appears in families, in which other forms of allergies occur – asthma or hay fever. If both parents are allergic, risk, that their child will also be sick, is until 50 percent. The research shows, that in many cases there is so -called. allergic march – This means, that as the years go by, some symptoms go into others:
In infants, changes on the skin most often appear;
in young children – cough;
in teenagers and young people
adults – train.
The mechanism of allergic diseases has not yet been discovered – Genes are only responsible for OK. 30 proc. incidence. Children also suffer from AZS, in which families have never happened before any form of allergies.
Struggling with the disease is a real torment for many people. The skin prone to allergies like a tender barometer reacts to any change in health, and even emotions. Persistent itching of the body intensifies in spring, When thousands of pollen and grass pollen are rising in the air. Allergic skin reactions are also conducive to large temperature differences, polluted air, Frequent contact with chemicals.