Diagnosis and Management of Dermatitis, Including Atopic, Contact, and Hand Eczemas.

Abstract

This is a comprehensive and current guide for the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and management of eczematous dermatitis, with a focus on atopic dermatitis, irritant and allergic contact dermatitis, hand dermatitis including recurrent vesicular and hyperkeratotic types, asteatotic dermatitis, and nummular or discoid dermatitis. Diagnostic options highlighted are clinical history, physical examination, and patch testing. Therapeutic options highlighted are moisturizers, topical corticosteroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors, crisaborole, phototherapy, and systemic medications including biologics.

• Authors: Cynthia X Chan, Kathryn A Zug
• Journal: The Medical clinics of North America (Med Clin North Am) Vol. 105 Issue 4 Pg. 611-626 (Jul 2021) ISSN: 1557-9859 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 34059241 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones
• Biological Products
• Boron Compounds
• Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
• Calcineurin Inhibitors
• crisaborole

Topics

• Administration, Topical
• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Aged
• Biological Products (therapeutic use)
• Boron Compounds (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Calcineurin Inhibitors (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Dermatitis, Allergic Contact (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Dermatitis, Atopic (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Eczema (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
• Humans
• Infant
• Middle Aged
• Patch Tests (methods)
• Phototherapy (methods)
• Quality of Life