Skin Care World

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• Eczema - A Community Challenge
  Imagine you're a GP. This week you will see two hundred patients. How many will have a skin complaint? Now you're a teacher in a typical junior school. There are thirty, nine-year old pupils in front of you...

• Childhood Eczema: Diagnosis & Management
  Atopic eczema (atopic dermatitis, AD) is a common inflammatory skin disease. It is characterised by dry itchy skin. AD mainly affects infants, children and young adults. The prevalence of AD has increased over the last few decades...

• Understanding and dealing with atopic eczema
  At a healthcare level, in the UK 33% of the population suffer with a skin complaint at some time. It also amounts to approximately 15% of a GP’s workload, 6% of prescriptions and almost 8% of the 66% of calls to NHS Direct that are triaged by...

• The treatment of eczema with Wet Wrapping and an emollient
  The skin in eczema is commonly short of oil. This shortage is made worse by the use of soap, shampoo and by exposure to detergents and results in dry, scaly, itchy skin. Scratching the skin can also lead to bleeding and infection...

• Bullying - Special Report
  Often they pick on differences between themselves and their victims, such as the colour of their hair, their height or the way they speak. If you have a skin condition such as eczema, the chances are you already feel different without...

• Imagine you have an itch - Special Report (NES)
  The next time you have an itch – anywhere on your body – just try not to scratch.
  Leave it for as long as you possibly can and when you finally give in, notice the feeling of sheer relief.

• Managing eczema at school - Special Report (NES)
  The transition from primary to secondary school is a daunting prospect. Young people move from the relative comfort of a year group of 30 (or maybe 60) children – taught for the majority of the day by their class teacher, who has probably known them since...

• Starting school with eczema - Special Report (NES)
  Perhaps the biggest wrench for the parent or carer of a child with eczema is passing on the care of that child to the ‘big school’. It is something that we all have to endure and this is an attempt to make that transition from home or nursery to school...