Skin Disorders News

Children with asthma and associated atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis showed reduced lung function from birth that was not driven by allergic sensitization, according to recent study results.

In recent months, the FDA has approved three sublingual oral immunotherapy tablets for treating grass and ragweed allergies, as well as omalizumab for chronic idiopathic urticaria.

Recent research developments in atopic dermatitis and eczema have included associations with infections, food allergens and asthma. Here are highlights of the results of six studies presented in Healio Allergy/Immunology:

Summer get-togethers like the Fourth of July holiday are occasions for allergists and patients to be aware of seasonal-related allergy symptoms and triggers, according to information from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Probiotics were effective as treatment for children and adults with atopic dermatitis, but not for infants, according to recent study results.

Researchers in Australia determined a connection between a patient who experienced anaphylaxis to eating goat cheese and her application of a moisturizer containing goat’s milk to treat eczema several weeks earlier.

Wheeze in Dutch schoolchildren has stabilized since 2001, eczema has remained stable, and hay fever has increased more than 3% from 2001 and 2010, according to research presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Children with atopic dermatitis who developed sensitization to aeroallergens were more at risk for asthma during school years, according to research presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In a retrospective analysis, researchers found omalizumab to be an effective treatment in patients with difficult-to-treat chronic urticaria. Data from 51 patients with chronic urticaria who visited a specialist urticaria clinic between September 2008 and November 2012 were analyzed.

Secondhand smoke exposure, in utero or during infancy, influenced the development of asthma and rhinitis in early childhood and impacted eczema at later ages, according to research presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.