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The Itchy Details
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Do you think you have atopic dermatitis? Sometimes doctors have a tough time diagnosing this disease because the symptoms can look like many other diseases and conditions. Here is what AD usually looks like.
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- Intensely itchy skin that leads to rashes.
- Inflamed, red, scaly, bumpy, crusty, or oozing rashes.
- Rashes on the face, neck, feet, hands, inside elbows, backs of knees.
- History of asthma or hay fever in family (or in patient).
- History of eczema in the family.
- Chronic symptoms.
- Symptoms usually start before age 5.
- Darker or thicker skin.
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