2.5 million French people suffer from eczema according to the French Eczema Association. This Saturday, June 9 takes place, for the fourth year, the national day dedicated to the disease. The goal of this day, to fight the received ideas, to inform people who suffer from eczema on medical advances and how to improve their daily life. Investigation carried out by the association last February highlighted the impact of the disease on professional life, sexual activity as well as states of anxiety and depression.
Conferences for the general public are organized in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux for the occasion. The speakers deal with different themes. In Paris, atopic dermatitis in adults and children, chronic hand eczema and new treatments will be discussed with at 12 noon a dance therapy workshop is offered. Similar program in Bordeaux, with atopic dermatitis in adults and children as well as chronic hand eczema. Finally, in Lyon, it will be a question of triggering factors and treatments. Find more information on the site associationeczema.fr.
Hope for treatment
“2018 is a pivotal year in terms of salaries,” according to the president of the Association as reported by AFP. Doctors and patients indeed base their hopes on dupilumab, a new molecule which is part of “biotherapies”. Intended for adults, it is currently in temporary use in several hospitals. “These are drugs that manage both to precisely target and block the key molecule or cell involved in the formation of eczema,” explains the Association Française de l’Eczema.
While waiting for treatment, with the approach of summer to live well with his disease, Dr Emmanuel Mahé, dermatologist member of RésoEczéma gave his recommendations to France Info. Among these, to rinse well with clear water after a bath in the sea or in the swimming pool, and if it does not oppose the exposure to the sun in the event of eczema, as for everyone Remember to protect your skin properly by applying sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 30 or more.
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