Open AccessUsing Patch Testing to Improve Therapeutic Outcome in the Treatment of Hand Eczema in Vietnamese Patients
Author(s) -
Phương Phạm Thị Minh,
Trang Trinh Minh,
Doanh Le Huu,
Thường Nguyễn Văn,
Sáu Nguyễn Hữu,
Tung Vu Thanh,
Mai Le Thi,
Giang Quach Thi Ha,
Nghi Dinh Huu,
Van Tran Cam,
My Le Huyen,
Khang Tran Hau,
Marco Gandolfi,
Francesca Satolli,
Claudio Feliciani,
Michael Tirant,
Aleksandra Vojvodić,
Torello Lotti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.051
Subject(s) - medicine , patch test , dermatology , hand eczema , venereology , etiology , contact dermatitis , potassium dichromate , allergic contact dermatitis , hand dermatitis , irritant contact dermatitis , atopic dermatitis , allergy , immunology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
Hand eczema is a common chronic and relapsing skin disease with various clinical features. Hand eczema aetiology can be allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), irritant contact dermatitis (ICD), atopic dermatitis (AD) and unknown or combination causes. If the causative agents are not detected treatment of hand eczema will be a failure. A patch test can be useful to detect causative agents in suspected allergic contact hand eczema. Then patients will avoid contacting them. This results in the improvement of hand eczema. In Vietnam, patch test has not been used before, so we conduct this study.
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