Hidehisa Saeki, Yukihiro Ohya, Junichi Furuta, Hirokazu Arakawa, Susumu Ichiyama, Toshio Katsunuma, Norito Katoh, Akio Tanaka, Yuichiro Tsunemi, Takeshi Nakahara, Mizuho Nagao, Masami Narita, Michihiro Hide, Takao Fujisawa, Masaki Futamura, Koji Masuda, Tomoyo Matsubara, Hiroyuki Murota, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada
This is an abridged edition of English version of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Atopic Dermatitis 2021. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a disease characterized by relapsing eczema with pruritus as a primary lesion. In Japan, from the perspective of evidence-based medicine, the current strategies for the treatment of AD consist of three primary measures: (i) use of topical corticosteroids, tacrolimus ointment, and delgocitinib ointment as the main treatment of the inflammation; (ii) topical application of emollients to treat the cutaneous barrier dysfunction; and (iii) avoidance of apparent exacerbating factors, psychological counseling, and advice about daily life...
October 2022: Allergology International: Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology