Living with Eczema

Mom Asks, Doc Answers!

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Dermatology, Medical Science, Immunology

• Author: Hugo Van Bever, MarcieMom
• ISBN: 9789814579537
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: June 2, 2014
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

This book is a unique collaboration between a mother of a child with atopic dermatitis (AD) and the doctor who is treating the child — it offers practical information on AD, recent research findings and tackles many aspects of living with eczema that patients have through the conversation between the mother and doctor. Therefore, this book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource for people suffering from AD, parents of children who suffer from AD and practitioners who treat AD. In brief, for everybody interested in AD.

This book's importance in atopic dermatitis lies not only in its up-to-date comprehensive information, but also in that it offers an avenue where patients can have their questions answered by a doctor via the Q&A between the mother and the doctor. Patients may not be able to ask all the questions on their mind in a consultation, and this book totaling over 100 questions will have many of them answered.

Contents:

• Learning about Eczema:

  • Eczema Basics
  • Normal Skin versus Eczema Skin

• Living with Eczema:

  • Eczema Diagnosis
  • Triggers for Eczema
  • Eczema Prevention
  • Eczema Treatment
  • Atopic Dermatitis in Adults

• Eczema and Beyond:

  • The Pathophysiology of Atopic Dermatitis
  • Things that Don't Work
  • Future Research on Atopic Dermatitis
  • Conclusion

• Appendices:

  • Daily Food Journal
  • Checklist to Alternate Caregiver

Readership: General public, parents of children with eczema.
Key Features:

• Conversation between mother of child with eczema and Doctor
• Renowned professor in immunology and influential mom of eczema child who devoted more than two years to helping eczema families, online and offline
• Concise, practical tips with no holds barred Q&A