- 1 On being a patient
- 2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations
- 3 Global patterns of disease and medical practice
- 4 Cell biology
- 5 Immunological mechanisms
- 6 Principles of clinical oncology
- 7 Infection
- 8 Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health
- 9 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
- 10 Clinical pharmacology
- 11 Nutrition
- 12 Metabolic disorders
- 13 Endocrine disorders
- 14 Medical disorders in pregnancy
- 15 Gastroenterological disorders
- 16 Cardiovascular disorders
- 17 Critical care medicine
- 18 Respiratory disorders
- 19 Rheumatological disorders
- 20 Disorders of the skeleton
- 21 Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract
- 22 Disorders of the blood
- 23 Disorders of the skin
- 23.1 Structure and function of skin
- 23.2 Clinical approach to the diagnosis of skin disease
- 23.3 Inherited skin disease
- 23.4 Vesiculobullous disease
- 23.5 Papulosquamous disease
- 23.6 Dermatitis/eczema
- 23.7 Cutaneous vasculitis, connective tissue diseases, and urticaria
- 23.8 Disorders of pigmentation
- 23.9 Photosensitivity
- 23.10 Infections and the skin
- 23.11 Sebaceous and sweat gland disorders
- 23.12 Blood and lymphatic vessel disorders
- 23.13 Hair and nail disorders
- 23.14 Tumours of the skin
- 23.15 Skin and systemic diseases
- 23.16 Cutaneous reactions to drugs
- 23.17 Management of skin disease
- 24 Neurological disorders
- 25 The eye
- 26 Psychiatry and drug related problems
- 27 Forensic medicine
- 28 Sports medicine
- 29 Geratology
- 30 Pain
- 31 Palliative medicine
- 32 Biochemistry in medicine
- 33 Acute medicine
(p. 4618) Dermatitis/eczema
- Chapter:
- (p. 4618) Dermatitis/eczema
- Author(s):
Peter S. Friedmann
, and Michael J. Arden-Jones
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199204854.003.2306_update_001
Update:
Pathogenesis—discussion of the phenomenon whereby the skin of atopic dermatitis sufferers helps programme the adaptive T cell-mediated immune response towards Th2.
Eczema is a characteristic pattern of skin inflammation that has many subtypes, with some induced by external factors such as irritants or skin sensitizers. Atopic eczema is due partly to a genetic susceptibility, which programmes altered immune responses and skin physiology, together with reactions to exogenous allergens and microbes, but a number of eczema patterns do not appear to have external causes....
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- 1 On being a patient
- 2 Modern medicine: foundations, achievements, and limitations
- 3 Global patterns of disease and medical practice
- 4 Cell biology
- 5 Immunological mechanisms
- 6 Principles of clinical oncology
- 7 Infection
- 8 Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual health
- 9 Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease
- 10 Clinical pharmacology
- 11 Nutrition
- 12 Metabolic disorders
- 13 Endocrine disorders
- 14 Medical disorders in pregnancy
- 15 Gastroenterological disorders
- 16 Cardiovascular disorders
- 17 Critical care medicine
- 18 Respiratory disorders
- 19 Rheumatological disorders
- 20 Disorders of the skeleton
- 21 Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract
- 22 Disorders of the blood
- 23 Disorders of the skin
- 23.1 Structure and function of skin
- 23.2 Clinical approach to the diagnosis of skin disease
- 23.3 Inherited skin disease
- 23.4 Vesiculobullous disease
- 23.5 Papulosquamous disease
- 23.6 Dermatitis/eczema
- 23.7 Cutaneous vasculitis, connective tissue diseases, and urticaria
- 23.8 Disorders of pigmentation
- 23.9 Photosensitivity
- 23.10 Infections and the skin
- 23.11 Sebaceous and sweat gland disorders
- 23.12 Blood and lymphatic vessel disorders
- 23.13 Hair and nail disorders
- 23.14 Tumours of the skin
- 23.15 Skin and systemic diseases
- 23.16 Cutaneous reactions to drugs
- 23.17 Management of skin disease
- 24 Neurological disorders
- 25 The eye
- 26 Psychiatry and drug related problems
- 27 Forensic medicine
- 28 Sports medicine
- 29 Geratology
- 30 Pain
- 31 Palliative medicine
- 32 Biochemistry in medicine
- 33 Acute medicine