Dermatitis News

The benefits of sport participation have been shown time and again, but pediatricians should remain aware of certain dermatological conditions that have been shown to spread rapidly in student-athlete populations, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Patients with end-stage renal disease who were exposed to gadolinium-based contrast agents were at increased risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, according to poster results presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

Nearly 85% of patients hospitalized with other conditions desired treatment for dermatoses, including dry skin and warts, according to findings presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oral cyclosporine is most effective in severe infections that cause atopic dermatitis once infection has been treated with appropriate antibiotics, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2012 Annual Meeting.

Patients with melasma and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation reported satisfaction with an alternative to Kligman’s formula, according to findings presented at American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Smoke exposure during the third trimester of pregnancy could have the strongest effect on the development of eczema after birth, according to data presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Elderly individuals with diabetes were more than twice as likely to have itch as individuals without diabetes, according to results presented in a poster at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

A 9-year-old male presents to your clinic with a limp and a rash. The history of the chief complaint began with some vague low back and posterior left knee pain after baseball practice about a week earlier. Two days later, his left knee pain was aggravated, radiating to his left hip while jumping on a trampoline. The next day, he noted a rash on his left thigh; beginning as a small patch of erythema that quickly spread with the development of some fluid-filled lesions. Soon it was noted that there were numerous, discrete lesions on his back, chest and face. He denies having any fever nor any other complaints during this time.

The FDA has granted a qualified health claim to a milk-based formula based on the formula’s link to a reduction in the risk for atopic dermatitis, according to a press release.

Food allergy is defined as an adverse health effect arising from a specific immune response — immunoglobulin E-mediated — that occurs reproducibly on exposure to a given food.