Eczema

Higher dietary sodium intake was associated with a higher risk for current atopic dermatitis, suggesting that a sodium-restricting diet may be a helpful intervention for disease management, according to a study.

Allergic disease affects 40% of school-aged children in Australia and 45% of food allergies among infants persist until age 10 years, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Healio has compiled May’s most-read news in dermatology.

Due to a small increase in eczematous dermatitis, older adults taking antihypertensive drugs should be monitored and this possibility considered when assessing for eczema, according to a study.

Young infants with lower lung function and impaired skin barrier function experienced greater risks for developing asthma by age 3 years, according to a study published in Allergy.

WASHINGTON — There were no significant associations between prenatal exposure to ambient particulate matter and atopic disease, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Treatment with 1% tapinarof cream led to symptom improvements for most patients with atopic dermatitis, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Early onset of eczema was associated with a greater number of food allergies in children, and the condition also increased the risk for asthma, according to research presented here.

Delgocitinib cream demonstrated superiority to alitretinoin capsules in the treatment of severe chronic hand eczema, LEO Pharma announced in a press release.