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Eczemas in the elderly often arise mysteriously and itch furiously. New-onset, otherwise unexplained eczema that cannot be attributed to atopic disease, irritant or allergic contact dermatitis, or xerosis can lead to a poor quality of life in this population. Previous studies suggest that patients older than 60 who develop chronic, unexplained eczema are taking more drugs than patients of the same age without eczema and that elderly patients with eczema of unknown cause had higher chronic drug intake than eczema patients in whom the cause was known.
In a case-control, multicenter study from France, researchers investigated medications as a possible cause of chronic eczema in patients older than 60. They compared 102 eczema cases with 204 con…