Tag: Quality of life
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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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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 #20 Atopic Eczema and Sport
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Andy Affleck talks to DrB
The principle and practice of habit reversal are really easy to understand and use. Andrew Affleck is a Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon based at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland. Andy and DrB first met at an European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry Congress in Zaragoza, Spain in 2011.Here they discuss the introduction of The Combined…
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The Skin as a Battleground
Sometimes in clinic we talk about how the skin can become a battleground.Perhaps as a territory that is the boundary between ourselves and our surroundings, it is easy to see how this can be. The scratching, picking, rubbing, biting, plucking and squeezing that we can inflict on our skin, hair and nails, represents an emotional…
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Atopic Eczema and Attitude to the Elderly: 1
Attitudes of others can make or break the success of The Combined Approach Attitude is the mindset that predicts behaviour. Consequences of behaviour can therefore be linked back to attitude. Before reviewing the significance of attitudes held by the elderly with atopic eczema, let’s first consider the influence of others… Attitudes to the Elderly with…
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From The Clinic: Night-Time Scratching
How your daytime scratching could be causing your night-time itching! Daytime healing eliminates night-time scratching He was 49, and had widespread chronic atopic eczema. His Dermatology Quality of Life Index (DLQI) score was 24 – “an extremely large effect on the quality of life”. The report referring him for The Combined Approach remarked “he is…
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Alpa Kanji Talks To DrB
Meeting all the needs of people with atopic eczema requires a diverse array of treatment options Dr Alpa Kanji trained as a Consultant Dermatologist in London, UK. At Cambridge University she started off as a scientist, obtaining a degree in Natural Sciences followed by a PhD in bacterial genetics. She then had a variety of…
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Iman talks to DrB
DrB (@ckbridgett) met Iman (@imanmade) through Twitter. A mother of 3 from London, UK, Iman is the owner of Imanmade Natural Skin Care, a range of handmade products for dry, sensitive skin made with gentle, natural ingredients. Here she talks with DrB about how she first heard about The Combined Approach, and then used it,…