Monitoring
- Monitor for effectiveness of therapy and proper use of medications.
Complications
- Secondary irritation or ulcers
- Secondary infection
Prognosis
- Atopic dermatitis
- May resolve spontaneously
- More than half of people affected as children will have dermatitis as adults.
- Conditions are likely to be chronic or recurrent.
- Goal is to control rather than eliminate outbreaks.
Prevention
- Avoid irritants.
- Avoid contact with known allergens.
- Keep skin lubricated.
- Bathe minimally in lukewarm, not hot, water.
- Use mild, unperfumed soaps.
- Investigational
- Probiotics (L reuteri ATCC 55730) may reduce the incidence of IgE-associated eczema in infancy.
- These were shown to be modestly effective when given to the mother during pregnancy and to the infant for the first year of life.[4]
- Recent meta-analysis [5] of clinical trials of probiotics for prevention and treatment of pediatric atopic dermatitis supports efficacy of probiotics.
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