A cross sectional study on clinical patterns of foot eczema at a tertiary care centre.

Authors

  • Dr Nandhini, Dr Jayakar Thomas

Abstract

Eczema is a term used interchangeably with dermatitis. Genetic and environmental factors are known to be important in the pathogenesis of eczema. Eczema of the hand and foot tends to be chronic and relapsing.

Data on the epidemiology of foot eczema is scarce, other than that 30% of patients with chronic hand eczema also have involvement of the feet. [1,2] 

Literature on eczema of the acral areas are largely that of the hand. A consensus statement reported that just over half of cases of hand eczema were allergic contact and/or irritant contact dermatitis, with the other common types being atopic hand eczema with or without irritant contact dermati-tis, vesicular dermatitis and hyperkeratotic dermatitis. [3]

Seven categories of hand eczema have been proposed including allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, endogenous atopic hand eczema alone or in combination, and vesicular and hyperkeratotic types. No specific classification of foot eczema exists. [4,5]

There is little that is distinctive about the aetiology of non-allergic chronic hand/foot eczema, with contributing factors including barrier dysfunction, genetic changes in filaggrin, a possible role of the skin microbiome, staphylo-coccal infection and immune dysregulation.

Published

2021-10-01

How to Cite

Dr Nandhini, Dr Jayakar Thomas. (2021). A cross sectional study on clinical patterns of foot eczema at a tertiary care centre. Drugs and Cell Therapies in Hematology, 10(1), 2580–2584. Retrieved from http://dcth.org/index.php/journal/article/view/547

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