Via practica 3/2005

WHAT SHOULD EACH DOCTOR KNOW ABOUT THE ATOPIC DERMATITIS

Atopic dermatitis is a major medical as well as social problem. High incidence of the disease particulary in children requires early diagnostics, treatment and actions, which can prevent development of the disease. The article brings a complex overview of atopic dermatitis. The multigenetic basis of the disease causes broad clinical variety of the disease with variability in expression of particular symptoms. It introduces the therapeutic guidelines, lifestyle restrictions of the patients and a complex summary of therapeutic possibilities of the atopic dermatitis.

Keywords: Dermatitis Atopica, ethiopathogenesis, complex medical care – management of the disease.