The Dermatology Digest

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By Krishna Patel and Peter Lio, MD Introduction The epithelial barrier is the first line of physical, chemical, and immunological defense against allergens, irritants, pathogens, and other environmental factors. Defects in the stratum corneum allow for foreign antigens, irritants, and pathogens to enter the epidermis.

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First Derm

JUNE 10, 2024

Contact Dermatitis : Triggered by external irritants or allergens, causing localized redness, blisters, and itching. What is Dermatitis Dermatitis refers to a group of conditions that causes inflamed, irritated, and often itchy skin. [1] Diagnosis : Requires medical history, skin examination, and sometimes allergy patch testing.

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First Derm

JULY 2, 2024

Sweat contains water, salts, and other components that can irritate eczema-prone skin. Understanding Eczema and Sweat Dermatitis refers to a group of conditions that cause inflamed, irritated, and often itchy skin. [1] However the chemical compounds found in sweat can become irritants for an eczema prone skin.

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First Derm

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Radiation therapy is used in some cases to damage cells in different ways. Some findings prove that cancer cells are sometimes particularly susceptible to radiation therapy. Radiation therapy can cause different types of reactions, depending on what part of the body irradiated, how high radiation doses as the body is exposed to.

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Aesthetics Advisor

JUNE 3, 2024

Reflux, or GERD, occurs when contents from your stomach back up into your esophagus, causing stomach acid to irritate the lining of your esophagus. Women on hormone therapy, who have estrogen-dependent cancers or reproductive conditions like endometriosis should also avoid it. What Is Reflux?

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First Derm

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

You should also stop using skin care products that irritate the skin, as it may worsen melasma. If self-treatment does not improve your situation or causes skin irritation and darkening, you should seek help from a dermatologist. Light based therapies come last, if all else fails. Should I seek medical care? Boukari, F.,

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Aesthetics Advisor

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Former clinical observations had revealed positive effects for patients with constipation, heartburn, and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) after eating papaya preparations,” the team noted. It ameliorates various functional disturbances, like symptoms of IBS [irritable bowel syndrome],” according to the researchers.

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