May

18

Living With Eczema Stats

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About ISOLATE Study
The following stats came from the ISOLATE study, which assessed the impact of Atopic dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema, on the lives of those living with it and how patients and caregivers manage the condition.

The global study was comprised of interviews with 2,002 patients from eight countries over the age of 13, and caregivers of children between the ages of 2-13, with moderate to severe eczema.

Study Results
- On average, 55% of patients are either always or sometimes worried about the next eczema flare and 51% are either always or sometimes unhappy/depressed

- On average, 86% of patients avoid at least one type of everyday activity during a flare-up

- 75% of caregivers and patients feel that being able to effectively control eczema would be the single most important improvement to their or their child’s quality of life

- On average, 43% of patients are fairly or very concerned about being seen in public during an eczema flare

- The most commonly affected part of the body in patients during eczema flares was the face and neck regardless of age, gender or severity

- On average, patients take 2.5 days off school or work per year due to eczema and a further 9% of the time their concentration is affected at school or work while in flare

- 74% of patients and caregivers state that their physicians have never discussed the emotional impact that eczema has had on their lives

Dec

14

Developing My Eczema Blog Site

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I have decided to develop this site more as it has been pretty amazing the number of stories of eczema from friends that have been coming forth. I thought I was one of the rare few with this skin disorder. Boy…was I totally wrong!

In Singapore, from where I come from, we have the National Skin Centre (a government linked site here at http://www.nsc.gov.sg). Apparently, Singapore has identified that eczema as well as a whole host of allergies are getting very common in young children and are channelling some resources here for clinical studies and findings.

The site does provide some information on other skin problems like acne, etc but the information page on eczema does not appear to be completely done up.

So I thought why not provide more information on eczema and psoriasis and build up a community for natural treatments and cures? What do you think?

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