186 Atopic dermatitis (eczema)
Questions
What are the stages of atopic dermatitis?
There are three age-related stages, which are separated by remission.
Infantile stage (up to 2 years of age). Red, scaly, itchy crusted rash on both cheeks and extensors of the extremities. The napkin area is generally spared. Eczema of the scalp may also be seen
Childhood stage (2–12 years). There is papulation (rather than exudation) in the flexural areas including neck, cubital fossa, popiliteal fossa and volar aspect of wrists and ankles. The plaques show both excoriation and lichenification. In black children, there may be hypopigmentation
Adults (puberty onwards). The face is commonly involved and there is lichenification of flexures including wrists, hands, fingers, ankles, toes and feet, head and neck.
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