J. Ring – Handbook Of Atopic Eczema (Second edition)

Автор: J. Ring
Название книги: Handbook Of Atopic Eczema (Second edition)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 635
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Atopic eczema is one of the most frequent inflammatory skin diseases and its prevalence
is rising. It presentsmajor problems for patients and physicians as well as for
researchers all over the world. Few diseases are discussed as heatedly. Atopic eczema
seems to be in the midst of debates regarding scientificmedicine versus complementary
medicine, and caught up in the “battle” among disciplines such as dermatology,
pediatrics, and allergology. In spite of the great progress in experimental allergology
and dermatology, where atopic eczema is a paradigm of scientific progress, there is
still a wide gap between the theoretical knowledge and the practical everyday management
procedures in the physician’s office.
The burden of suffering is not confined to the individual affected with this excruciating
pruritic skin disease; often whole families are disrupted and the complete
environment of a patient is involved. The loss in quality of life, measured with standard
scales, is massive – as great as in people suffering from cancer!
At the World Dermatology Congress (Congressus Dermatologiae Mundi) in
Mexico City in 1977 there was just one workshop dedicated to “atopic dermatitis”
which was attended by about 12 people; in the meantime, atopic eczema represents
a focus of research and clinical work in many dermatology departments all over the
world, and at our congresses numerous symposia and workshops are dedicated to
the subject.