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Allergic contact dermatitis

Allergic contact dermatitis: Introduction

Allergic contact dermatitis: An allergic contact dermatitis is where the body's immune system causes a skin reaction in response to direct contact with an allergen. Symptoms usually only affect the skin directly in contact with the allergen but in severe cases, symptoms may spread around the contact site or even become widespread across the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Allergic contact dermatitis is available below.

Symptoms of Allergic contact dermatitis

• Skin redness
• Skin swelling
• Skin rash
• Skin blistering
• Skin dryness
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Allergic contact dermatitis: Complications

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• Secondary infection (type of Opportunistic infections)
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Allergic contact dermatitis?

• Failure to diagnose Allergic contact dermatitis
• Hidden causes of Allergic contact dermatitis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Allergic contact dermatitis

Causes of Allergic contact dermatitis

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• Allergic contact dermatitis as a symptom

Treatments for Allergic contact dermatitis

• There is no cure. Treatment is aimed at managing symptoms: avoiding allergen, antihistamines, mast cell stabilizers, steroids, cyclosporine, moisturizing creams, antibiotics for secondary infections, photochemotherapy, immune modulating drugs (tacrolimus, pimecrolimus) and immunotherapy
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Allergic contact dermatitis

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• How effective are the new topical immunomodulators in treating eczema?
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Allergic contact dermatitis

Prognosis for Allergic contact dermatitis: Symptoms usually abate within days as long as cause of exposure is removed.

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