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| Statistics |
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Center for Disease Control, 2005.
- There are 29.8 million office visits to dermatologists annually.
- There were approximately 13 million office visits to physicians for skin rash.
Vital and Health Statistics Series 13, No. 134.
- Contact dermatitis and eczema were diagnosed at over 8.5 million office visits to physicians and at 430,000 hospital outpatient visits(1997).
- Nearly 8.2 million cases of dermatitis were reported in 1996.
National Institutes of Health, 03-4272, 2003.
- More than 15 million people in the U.S. have symptoms of eczema.
- 65% of patients develop symptoms in the first year of life.
- 90% of patients develop symptoms before the age of 5.
- 10%-20% of all infants have eczema and nearly half of these children will improve greatly by the time they are between five and fifteen years of age.
- 75% of children with atopic dermatitis go on to develop hay fever or asthma.
World Allergy Organization, 2004.
- Atopic dermatitis prevalence worldwide is 2-5% in children and 10% in young adults.
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| Signs and Symptoms |
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Eczema generally consists of patches of red, dry, flaky skin that is extremely itchy. The affected areas may appear moist, inflamed, and oozing.
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