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Essential features
Pruritus Itching Itching is a symptom that can cause significant discomfort and is one of the most common reasons for consultation with a dermatologist. Itching leads to scratching, which can cause inflammation... read more
Dermatitis (eczema)—acute, subacute, or chronic, with
Typical age-specific patterns†
Chronic or relapsing history
Important features
Early age of onset
Personal or family history of atopic disease
IgE reactivity
Xerosis Xeroderma Xeroderma is dry skin that is neither inherited nor associated with systemic abnormalities. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment involves moisturizers and other measures to keep the skin moist.... read more
Associated features (help to suggest the diagnosis)
White dermatographism
Keratosis pilaris Keratosis Pilaris Keratosis pilaris is a disorder of keratinization in which horny plugs fill the openings of hair follicles. Keratosis pilaris is common. The cause is unknown, but there is often an autosomal... read more
Pityriasis alba
Hyperlinear palms
Ichthyosis Ichthyosis Ichthyosis is scaling and flaking of skin ranging from mild but annoying dryness to severe disfiguring disease. Ichthyosis can also be a sign of systemic disease. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment... read more
Facial pallor
Periorbital changes
Perifollicular accentuation
Lichenification
Prurigo lesions
Delayed blanch response
Certain regional changes (eg, perioral changes, periauricular changes)
* Derived from: Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis: Section 1. Diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol 70(2):338–351, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.10.010.
† On the face, neck, and extensor surfaces in infants and children; flexural surfaces in any age group; spares groin and axillae.