RESEARCH ARTICLE
Use of Informational/Instructional Sheets with Eczema Patients
Craig G. Burkhart*, 1, Craig N. Burkhart2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2008Volume: 2
First Page: 98
Last Page: 104
Publisher ID: TODJ-2-98
DOI: 10.2174/1874372200802010098
Article History:
Received Date: 31/10/2008Revision Received Date: 26/11/2008
Acceptance Date: 28/11/2008
Electronic publication date: 24/12/2008
Collection year: 2008
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Contact dermatitis is not a homogenous entity, but rather a number of subtypes contributing to different clinical presentations. For better understanding, instructional sheets provide information that assists in patient care. Informational sheets on contact dermatitis, patch testing, hand dermatitis, stasis dermatitis, and poison ivy are reviewed for open forum. Although often considered archaic therapy, restriction in use of soaps/cleansers appears to aid in clinical improvement of contact irritant dermatitis. Patient education on patch testing is greatly aided by presenting visual material prior to formal discussion. An internet site for more information regarding culprit environmental allergens is presented. Some simple methods for patients to achieve clinical improvement with eczema, hand dermatitis, and poison ivy are presented.