Atopic dermatitis is the commonest inflammatory pores and skin situation globally. Analysis suggests air air pollution, particularly from industrialization and wildfires, could also be serving to drive an increase within the situation.
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Atopic dermatitis is the commonest inflammatory pores and skin situation globally. Analysis suggests air air pollution, particularly from industrialization and wildfires, could also be serving to drive an increase within the situation.
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Brief Wave producer Hannah Chinn has adult-onset eczema. They don’t seem to be the one one. As much as ten p.c of individuals in the US have it, in line with the Nationwide Eczema Affiliation — and its prevalence is rising. Regardless of its ubiquity, quite a bit about this pores and skin situation stays a thriller.
On this encore episode, Chinn sat down with Raj Fadadu, a dermatologist on the College of California, San Diego, to ask: What’s eczema? What triggers it within the first place? And would possibly local weather change make it worse generally?
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This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Hannah Chinn, Rachel and Rebecca checked the info. Kwesi Lee was the audio engineer.
