Endogenous
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Predominantly eczema
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Atopic eczema (infancy)
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Inherited tendency
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Associated with other allergy (ie asthma)
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Presents early in childhood
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Face, truck and flexural areas commonly affected
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Intolerable itching
o Seborrhoeic eczema/dermatitis
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Associated with sebaceous glands
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Cradle cap (infants), dandruff (adults)
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Erythema and scaling
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Increased freq. in immunosuppressed patients
o Varicose eczema (stasis dermatitis)
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Middle age to elderly people affected
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Underlying oedema
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Haemosiderin deposition
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Pruritus
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Medial aspect of shin above medial malleolus
o Asteototic eczema
- Disorder of the elderly
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Legs are commonly affected
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Fine dry scaling and cracking
o Discoid eczema (nummular eczema)
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Affects young adults > children
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Nail ridging
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Symmetrical coin shaped lesions
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Pruritus
o Eczema of the palms and soles
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AKA ‘pompholyx eczema’
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Commonly affects adults
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Often associated with sweating
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Small vesicles
o Juvenile plantar dermatosis
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WB plantar forefoot
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Glazed and scaly erythema, sometimes fissuring
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