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Article: The itch that won't go away:The truth about atopic dermatitis

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October 29, 2008
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If you scratch your skin more often than usual and experience redness, swelling, cracking, crusting and scaling of the skin, you are suffering from atopic dermatitis.

Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory, chronically relapsing, non-contagious and extremely pruritic (severe itching) skin disease. Also known as eczema (according to the World Allergy Organization 2003 Nomenclature Task force), atopic dermatitis is caused by several factors ranging from food-borne, inhaled or contact allergens.

However, the real underlying source of the disease remains unknown. Factors such as genetic make-up of the person and environmental sources can contribute to the development and progression of atopic ...

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