Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service analyzed “Xerodema” patients for last 5 years (2010~2014), and they announced half of the patients are over fifties and requested care of older people.
“Xerodema” is the disease that makes skin dry because of dry conditions and etc, so skin moisture drops to below 10%. There are some outer factors, for example, dry weather, chiller/heater, and ultra violet rays, and there are some domestic sources, heredity, Atopic dermatitis, and skin aging. The symptoms are dry flaky skin, itching, and split, in case of worsening, it might spread germs.
For prevention and treatment, people need to use moisturizing cream before exposure to dry conditions to keep moisture of skin, and need to be prescribed ointment through diagnosis. In outer factors’ case, people can prevent through life habit, for example, use of enough moisturizing cream, but in domestic sources’ case (heredity, Atopic dermatitis…), people have to be prescribed appropriate ointment through accurate diagnosis.
The examiner of Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, Ki Chan Moon explained, “Please use wet towel to maintain optimal humidity to prevent “Xerodema”, pay close attention for harmfulness of pathogenic bacterium what causes respiratory disease and germicide (PHMG) what is used in humidifier. Also, clothes that irritates skin and excessive bath (scrubbing off) can aggravate the symptoms.”
Source : Hi Doc News
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