Journal of Pediatric Care

Atopic Dermatitis: A Review about the Treatment of the Disease and Relationship on the Impact on the Quality of Life of Patients

Objective: Analyze the relation about the treatment lines from atopic dermatitis taking into consideration the relation on the quality of life of patients.

Data sources: An in-depth search was carried out in SciELO, PubMed, LILACS and UpToDate databases, looking for articles between 2010 and 2020 with the selected key words and 17 articles were chosen.

Data synthesis: Due to the chronicity of the pathology, treatment involves pharmacological e non-pharmacological measures. Non-pharmacological treatment involves keep the skin intact avoiding irritations and contaminations and the pharmacological treatments have focus on act to fight inflammation and reduce symptoms. At the same time that continuous treatment is important to avoid crises, having to perform it every day causes poor adherence, which worsens the crisis and disturb the patient’s quality of life. Atopic dermatitis attack other than pruritus is related to irritability, decrease the quality of sleep and even delay development.

Conclusion: Continuous treatment is the best way to avoid exacerbations, and it is responsibility to familiars and the patient to create a routine including educational measures about the disease, and to seek ways to avoid factors that cause exacerbations. In addition, if the use of pharmacotherapy is necessary, it is up to the doctor to individually analyze the cases, choosing the best option for the patient.

Author(s):

Letícia Pereira Mendonca1*, Gabriel Machado Azevedo de Freitas1 and Bernardo Esteves Vargas Liguori2 

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