Lower occurrence of atopic dermatitis in children thanks to farm animals and cats

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 14:31 in Health & Medicine

Atopic dermatitis (also known as atopic eczema) is a chronic and extremely painful inflammation of the skin that frequently occurs in early childhood, generally already in infancy. Up to 20 percent of all children in industrialised countries are affected, making it one of the most common childhood skin diseases...

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