A high number of skin conditions and diseases affect older people living at home and in the community but evidence about the burden and effective prevention and treatment strategies is weak. Best practices of how to improve dermatological care in older people remain to be determined and there is...
The article will focus on assessment of skin for general health, rather than on the diagnosis and treatment of specific dermatological conditions. For further information on common skin disorders in older people, see Smoker (1999), Penzer and Finch (2001) a...
All 61 subjects had been living in Seoul, Korea, for more than 3 years with normal skin conditions. We preferentially selected those who had sebum secretion greater than 30 arbitrary units and moisture greater than 50 arbitrary units in both groups. Among the measurements of moisture content, ...
presence of other food allergy or otherallergic conditions(atopic dermatitis, asthma, or allergic rhinitis), increased severity of comorbid conditions, earlier age at diagnosis, lower eliciting dose for reaction, larger SPT wheal size, and higher allergen-specific sIgE level.13–17The rate of decline...
Eczemais a blanket term for several non-contagious conditions that cause inflamed, red, dry, and itchy skin. Doctors aren't sure what makes eczema start in the first place, but they do know that stress, irritants (like soaps), allergens, and climate can trigger flares. In adults, it oft...
Hives usually go away in 2 to 4 hours; however, in some people hives may persist for months or years; this is known as chronic urticaria. Avoiding the trigger, whatever it may be, is the best tactic to prevent hives. When that is not possible, OTC antihistamines like loratadine (...
Acne is one of those skin conditions that’s seen as an ordinary part of life. For many people, it is. You get spots as a teenager then, as you get older, you outgrow them for the most part, other than the odd one every now and then. Acne, like eczema, can often be treated us...
This holds true for both sexes during infancy, childhood, and early adolescence. However, as hormonal production begins during puberty, differences in the skin become more pronounced [6,7,8]. Moreover, there is a recognized gender-associated predisposition to certain dermatological conditions, such ...
She’s also seeing younger patients with worsening acne, “probably putting too many products and their pores are drowning in it. In the 10-to-12 age group I’m definitely seeing more frequent cases with these conditions than I have in the past,” Penzi said. ...
Here are just a few of the conditions your skin may experience: Acne When oil (sebum) and dead skin cells plug your skin's pores, hair follicles under the skin can get clogged. This results in pimples on your face, and sometimes on your back and chest. This mostly affects teens and ...