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Importance of Patient Education

on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 5:29pm

We learned from our last blog posting that eczema is a chronic disease.  Unfortunately there is no magic pill or treatment for chronic diseases, and there is no cure. Patients with any type of chronic disease learn about lifetime management of the symptoms associated with their disease. Therefore, chronic diseases need long lasting management plans tailored for each individual patient for the disease state that they are in.

We are fortunate that novel research in the area of atopic dermatitis has led to the discovery of many new management approaches, drugs and regimens.

Dermatology Physicians Residents - Perspectives on Eczema

on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 5:08pm

We first learned about atopic dermatitis while studying medicine at Harvard Medical School.  It was introduced to us during dermatology lectures where photos of mostly young children where shown with uncomfortable and itchy appearing rashes.  At that time, this was another disease that we had to learn and memorize the symptoms and the diagnostic criteria for our exams.  

This all changed a few years ago after we started residency and rotated through pediatric dermatology at Children’s Hospital Boston when we actually got to see and interact with the patients and family members of those