Atopic dermatitis can be the result of an allergic reaction. It occurs most often in children, but growing up, they also suffer from this disease. The signs of atopic dermatitis in adults manifest themselves periodically, most often depending on the time of year. If the treatment is completely absent, the remission of the disease, which will last for years, is unavoidable. Therefore, it is worth taking seriously the symptoms and course of this disease, in order to know, in which case, when it is worth asking for help.
Causes of Atopic Dermatitis
The main factor in the appearance of atopic dermatitis is called heredity. That is, the allergic propensity of parents is of great importance, which is often genetically transmitted to the child. Thus, there are three degrees of probability of the development of this disease:
- both parents do not have this disease - the probability that the child will fall ill is 20%;
- one of the parents is sick - the child gets a tendency to this disease in 50% of cases;
- Both parents are allergic or have atopic dermatitis - the probability is 80% or more.
Symptoms of atopic dermatitis
Symptoms and causes of atopic dermatitis in children and adults alike, but still different. In addition, it is important predisposition to the effects of an allergen, the reaction to which may be different in strength.
Depending on the age at which the disease develops, it may have slightly different sets of symptoms. In medicine, today there are three stages in the development of the disease:
- 2 months - 3 years;
- 4-7 years;
- older than 8 years.
Symptoms of atopic dermatitis in adults are similar with the signs of this disease in children. First of all, a sign of this disease is periodic itching on the skin . As a rule, if a person has not been cured and is free from itching in childhood, this phenomenon pursues him throughout his life, from time to time repeating himself. The degree of itching can be both mild and severe, just unbearable. Sometimes the itching achieves such a force that the patient simply can not sleep.
Symptoms of atopic dermatitis on the face and body can manifest as an inflammation of the skin, which has the following features:
- the area of the inflammation may be different;
- the skin may be swollen;
- often the formation of vesicles in the inflamed area in which the liquid is contained;
- the skin, as a rule, looks red and irritated;
- sometimes dermatitis is manifested by dry skin, while on it there are cracks and / or thickenings;
- most often eczema is localized in the face, neck, chest, on the hands, as well as in the inguinal folds and popliteal dimples;
- traces of scratching on the skin are also considered to be symptoms of atopic dermatitis.
In some people, dermatitis due to characteristic redness and irritation on the skin is very similar to red flat lichen, others have neurodermatitis.
Sometimes the symptoms of different atopy, whether it be atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma , allergic rhinitis, etc., are mixed and against the background of one atopy there is another. It follows that the way atopic dermatitis is manifested depends also on background diseases. People with atopic dermatitis can feel suffocation, have a runny nose, etc.
Jokes with atopic dermatitis are bad. You can not delay with his treatment, guessing that everything will work out. Like any disease that can develop into a chronic form, it requires prompt treatment. Therefore, if your child or you yourself feel unwell, you should contact a medical professional as soon as possible to find out its causes and treatment.