One More Reason Not to Smoke: Adult-Onset Atopic Dermatitis

Smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increased the risk for AD in adulthood.

The newly identified entity adult-onset atopic dermatitis (AOAD) differs somewhat from classical atopic dermatitis (AD) in its location on the face, hands, and nonflexural areas and its manifestation as prurigo-like dermatitis. No clear risk factors have yet been defined. Because gestational and perinatal exposure to tobacco smoking has been suggested as a link to development of classical AD, investigators from Taiwan performed a case-control study to determine whether such a link exists in the development of AOAD.

The researchers evaluated 83 patients with physician-diagnosed AOAD and 142 age- and sex-matched controls using a modified Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire, with a focus on smoking and environmental tobacco smoke. Multiple l…

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Mary Wu Chang, MD

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Consultant / Advisory board Pierre Fabre; Valeant

Speaker’s bureauPierre Fabre

Mary Wu Chang, MD

Disclosures

Consultant / Advisory board Pierre Fabre; Valeant

Speaker’s bureauPierre Fabre

One More Reason Not to Smoke: Adult-Onset Atopic Dermatitis

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