Category: Eczema News
If you’re preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 3 exam, you might want to know which questions are most often missed by test-prep takers. Check out this example from Kaplan Medical, and read an expert explanation of the answer. Also check out all posts in this series. This month’s stumper This […]
Source: Dr. Yi Chen (9/17/22) The purpose behind this complementary study is to potentially expand the treatment’s target patient population, noted an H.C. Wainwright & Co. report. ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (ASLN:NASDAQ), to complement its in-progress TREK-AD dose-ranging eblasakimab trial for moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (eczema), plans a second study, TREK-DX, in the subpopulation of patients […]
Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer’s itch or clam-digger’s itch, is caused by the larvae of blood flukes that are parasites of birds or mammals. When these larvae, called cercariae, penetrate human skin, they trigger an allergic reaction within 10-15 hours that takes about a week to heal. Unable to mature into adults, the larvae […]
EH: Why does atopic dermatitis tend to be more severe in Black patients? MT: There are two reasons. Number one, genetic factors. There’s a protein expressed [produced] in everybody’s skin called ceramide that helps retain moisture. The ceramide-protein ratio is lower in African Americans. So genetically, darker-skinned people are holding onto less moisture. Number two, […]