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Article: Addressing the skin care burden: Developing primary care eczema clinics
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- Community Practitioner
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- May 1, 2002
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ECZEMA CLINIC
In the UK, up to a fifth of all school age children have eczema, most commonly in its atopic and seborrhoeic forms.' Although research suggests that by the time mid-teens are reached, 60-70% of childhood sufferers will have outgrown their eczema, the condition can cause considerable distress to the child. Here, health visitor HILARY SLATER describes setting up an infant eczema clinic
Parents may be tasked with caring for an infant experiencing almost unbearable itching and whose skin may go on to become raw and infected.1 As health visitors are well aware, the toll of childhood eczema on primary and secondary care is great.
Health visitor Hilary Slater has a unique approach ...