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Medicina familiaris Croatica : Journal of the Croatian Association of Family medicine, Vol. 23 No. 2, 2015.

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Contact dermatitis – case report

Kristina Sambol
Tatjana Cikač

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Abstract

Dermatitis is a general term that describes an inflammation of the skin and appears after a contact with a substance that can irritate the skin or cause an allergic reaction. Symptoms include itching, rash, redness, swelling. Skin affected by dermatitis may blister, ooze and develop a crust. Changes are usually clearly limited and appear on the exposed
parts of the body, especially hands. Dermatitis may have many causes and occurs in many forms. There are two types of contact dermatitis: non-allergic which occurs in 80% of cases and allergic which comprises about 20%. The goal of the treatment is to affect the existing inflammation (usually with topical corticosteroids), restore the skin barrier and prevent reappearance of dermatitis. This paper describes
the approach to the patient whit symptoms of contact dermatitis.

Keywords

contact dermatitis; therapy; diagnosis; family medicine practitioner

Hrčak ID:

149246

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149246

Publication date:

9.12.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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