Tag: Atopic skin disease
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Why AtopicSkinDisease.com?
How www.AtopicSkinDisease.com came about A new approach to treating atopic skin disease was introduced at The Daniel Turner Department of Dermatology at Westminster Hospital London in 1989. It is a combined approach, combining optimal conventional topical treatment of atopic eczema with the behaviour modification technique habit reversal to eliminate habitual scratching. Since its introduction it has…
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What is atopic skin disease?
Atopy is a condition a person is born with: it is constitutional. Atopy carries with it a possibility of getting asthma, hay fever, and eczema. This is called The Atopic Triad. Eczema and dermatitis are terms that can be used interchangeably for a particular type of skin inflammation. It occurs with atopy, and also without: when it…
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VIDEO: A Behavioural Approach
The Combined Approach to atopic eczema is a successful treatment programme using a behavioural approach. It combines optimal conventional topical treatment with habit reversal, a very simple behaviour modification technique for the habitual scratching that causes chronic eczema. This presentation describes the programme for Adults and Older Children. A modified version is suitable for Younger…
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Friday Facts #1 Atopic Eczema, Dermatitis, and Skin Disease
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From the Clinic #12: Atopic Skin and Hot Water
NB: Atopic skin dislikes water – especially hot water! With atopy there is a problem with the surface part of the skin, the epidermis. Non-atopic, normal epidermis has an effective barrier function. With atopy this barrier function is faulty. Atopic skin is characteristically prone to drying out. There is a lack of natural oil that…
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Metrics for The Combined Approach to Atopic Eczema
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Anon Talks to DrB about Weeks 2 and 3 With The Eczema Solution and Twitter
Weeks 2 and 3 of The Combined Approach using The Eczema Solution The Combined Approach self-help programme with Twitter: Weeks 2 and 3 – Treatment Anon spoke here first to DrB two weeks ago, about how he came to start using The Combined Approach to treat his chronic atopic eczema. He is using the self-help…
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Anon Talks to DrB About Weeks 4 to 6 With The Eczema Solution and Twitter
Weeks 4 – 6 with Anon – using The Eczema Solution by Sue Armstrong Brown Continuing The Combined Approach self-help programme with Twitter: Weeks 4 to 6 Using the self-help programme by reading The Eczema Solution by Sue Armstrong Brown Anon has been reporting back on his progress regularly as @EczemaBeat on Twitter. Here he…
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Talking Eczema Tool
Improving Eczema Consultations As Brian Malcolm, family practitioner in Devon, UK, wrote in the 2016 Summer Bulletin of the UK Primary Care Dermatology Society, when progress dealing with atopic eczema is being assessed it is important to know how best to use the limited time available – both in the hospital clinic, and the GP’s…
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Anna Pugh Talks To DrB About Atopic Eczema During Pregnancy
How The Combined Approach helped treatatopic eczema in pregnancy The Combined Approach to atopic eczema in pregnancy Anna Pugh was referred to our clinic with chronic atopic eczema in 1991 during her first pregnancy. Having always had an interest in the relationship between food and health, she now works as a nutritionist. She regularly contributes…