Tag: Live Without Eczema
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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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Case Report: Mark Gets Better with The Combined Approach
The Combined Approach for Younger Children and Their Parents requires an adaptation of the programme to suit those involved. The following imaginary “case report”, taken from clinical experience,has been written to illustrate what is involved. For further details see Younger Children. Mark is 2½ and lives with his older sister Jennie who is 4, and…
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From Living With Eczema to Living Without Eczema
“There is certainly no need to live with eczema: there is now a possibility to live without eczema” – Dr Peter Norén Learning how to live with eczema is important. Living with eczema means understanding what eczema is, and what needs to be done about it. Living with eczema also means discovering how to get…
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From the Clinic #10: Stress, Itching and Scratching
The vicious cycle of itching and scratching is driven on both sides by stress In clinic most people with atopic eczema list stress as one of their trigger factors, and the way this happens, for example through drying the skin, and by provoking inflammation, is increasingly understood. The pressures that lead to the stress reaction…