Atopic dermatitis: Difference between revisions

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*Atopic personal or family history, worse in winter, dry weather
*Atopic personal or family history, worse in winter, dry weather
*Erythema, crusts, fissures, pruritis, excoriations, lichenification
*Erythema, crusts, fissures, pruritus, excoriations, lichenification


===Infantile===
===Infantile===
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*Triamcinolone, hydrocortisone, or betamethasone
*Triamcinolone, hydrocortisone, or betamethasone
*Avoid fluoridinated steroids to the face
*Avoid fluoridinated steroids to the face
*Consider [[doxepin]] for recalcitrant pruritis<ref>Hercogova J. Topical anti-itch therapy. Dermatol Ther 18(4):341-3 (2005 Jul-Aug).</ref><ref>Drake L, Cohen L, Gillies R, et al. Pharmakinetics of doxepin in subjects with pruritic atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol 41(2):209-14 (1999 Aug).</ref>
*Consider [[doxepin]] for recalcitrant pruritus<ref>Hercogova J. Topical anti-itch therapy. Dermatol Ther 18(4):341-3 (2005 Jul-Aug).</ref><ref>Drake L, Cohen L, Gillies R, et al. Pharmakinetics of doxepin in subjects with pruritic atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol 41(2):209-14 (1999 Aug).</ref>
**25-50mg PO qhs
**25-50mg PO qhs
**Or topical doxepin cream 5% QID
**Or topical doxepin cream 5% QID

Revision as of 17:43, 27 October 2016

Background

  • Also know as atopic eczema
  • A chronic type of inflammatory skin disease affecting many children and adults
  • Occasionally accompanied by asthma and/or hay fever. Patients develop a cutaneous hyperreactivity to environmental triggers.
  • Cause is not known, but believed to be due to an interaction between susceptibility genes, the environment, defective skin barrier function, and immunologic responses.

Clinical Features

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  • Atopic personal or family history, worse in winter, dry weather
  • Erythema, crusts, fissures, pruritus, excoriations, lichenification

Infantile

  • blisters, crusts, exfoliations
  • Face, scalp, extremities
  • 1st few months of life, resolving by age 2
  • Differentiate from impetigo (which may occur alongside)

Adults

  • Dryness, thickening in AC and popliteal fossa, neck

Differential Diagnosis

Neonatal Rashes

Evaluation

  • Clinical diagnosis
    • Dry skin, erythematous papular lesions
    • Face most commonly involved; nose and diaper areas spared

Neonatal atopic dermatitis vs. seborrhoeic dermatitis

Category Neonatal atopic dermatitis Neonatal seborrhoeic dermatitis
Presentation 1-2 months 2-6 months
Puritic (fussiness) Yes No

Management

  • Identify and eliminate triggers
  • Reduce drying of skin
  • Liberal application of emollients (vaseline)
  • Triamcinolone, hydrocortisone, or betamethasone
  • Avoid fluoridinated steroids to the face
  • Consider doxepin for recalcitrant pruritus[1][2]
    • 25-50mg PO qhs
    • Or topical doxepin cream 5% QID

Disposition

  • Outpatient

Complications

See Also

References

  1. Hercogova J. Topical anti-itch therapy. Dermatol Ther 18(4):341-3 (2005 Jul-Aug).
  2. Drake L, Cohen L, Gillies R, et al. Pharmakinetics of doxepin in subjects with pruritic atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol 41(2):209-14 (1999 Aug).