Not Just for Children: Study Shows High Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis among U.S. Adults
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaAs many as 16.5 million adults in America suffer from a skin disease known as atopic dermatitis, an inflammatory disease that results in red, itchy skin. The estimate comes from a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, which also projected 6.6 million of these adults have disease that would be classified as moderate to severe, leading to a decrease in quality of life.