Pubmed – Research Resource
Pubmed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health and very useful to anyone with a little curiosity and time. After 20 minutes of hunting on the first day I discovered information on the following.
- Polysensitivity – patients with multiple contact allergies
- UV light sensitivity in patients with atopic dermatitus “The compromised skin barrier in AD is especially vulnerable to UV radiation exposure.”
- AD: Genetics or environment? “Recently, it was demonstrated that Filaggrin (=filament-aggregating protein, FL) is a major gene for atopic eczema.”
These are exciting to me because it proves that people are giving eczema attention and are trying to discover as much as they can about it, unlike what I’ve always been told by dermatologists – “It isn’t fatal, so it’s not a priority.” I’m also happy to hear that someone has actually figured out what genetic happenstance is involved in eczema.
Hey! I’m glad you enjoy my blog. I write it as much for others as I do myself to catalog my journey.
And your blog! About eczema. I’m a sister with you there … my eczema first got bad when I was in elementary school, I stopped wearing jeans after my freshman year of high school, and it’s been rotten every since. The only consoling words anyone has for me are “Well, it’ll slow down when your immune system slows down.” Super. So when I’m 80 and dying finally I’ll stop itching. I hate how it isn’t a priority. I go to the derm and he wants to check out all my moles but won’t talk for two seconds about my eczema. :\