Asteatotic eczema

Pruritus Relief of inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses Contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, nummular eczema, stasis eczema, asteatotic eczema, lichen planus, lichen simplex chronicus, insect and arthropod bite reactions, first- and second-degree localized burns, and sunburns. 

Akimoto quantified stratum corneum lipids in xerosis and asteatotic eczema in aging. On leg skin they found an age-related decline in total lipids. In healthy leg skin, there was age-related decline in the total ceramide. In contrast, in xerosis and in asteatotic eczema suffering significantly reduced water-holding properties, no definite decrease, but rather a slight increase in ceramide quantity, with... 

Akimoto, K., Yoshikawa, N., Higaki, Y., Kawashima, M., and Imokawa, G., Quantitative analysis of stratum corneum lipids in xerosis and asteatotic eczema, J. Dermatol., 20, 1-6, Jan. 1993. 

Svendsen K, Hilt B (1997) Skin disorders in ship s engineers exposed to oils and solvents. Contact Dermatitis 36 216-220 Thune P (1996a) Special syndromes asteatotic eczema/xerosis cutis. In van der Valk P, Maibach HI (eds) The irritant contact dermatitis syndrome. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp 251-254... 

Johnson (73 -) conducted an interesting experiment in which he proved that in a number of skin conditions simple protective applications are quite effective, and that the use of topical corticosteroids is superfluous. Especially those conditions which are characterized by dryness, scaling and cracking of the skin, and in which environmental aspects are likely to be involved, responded well. These were xeroderma, winter (asteatotic) eczema and atopic eczema with dryness and cracking. Simple preparations are especially recommended by this author in skin conditions the cause of which is clearly traumatic in the sense that everyday activities associated with work, the home and leisure, unavoidably have a traumatic component. 

Asteatotic irritant eczema Slowly developing Adapted from Chew and Maibach [37] Variable Environmental (winter, dry)... 

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