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    Skin care advice for parents of children with eczema...

    'Bath daily' advice for eczema children
    Wed, 29 Jun 2016 - If your child has eczema it is fine to give them a dunk in the bath every day, as long as you apply lots of moisturiser to their skin afterwards, US experts say.
    Some experts have said infrequent washing might be better because too much washing can dry out the skin. To try to settle the debate, the US team looked at the available medical evidence. They say while it's best to avoid too much soap, a daily soak is fine. UK experts agree, although they point out that there hasn't been a great deal of research in this area and more studies would be helpful. A proviso to the advice is to "smear" after you've gently pat dried, meaning slap on plenty of moisturising lotion after the bath to seal in the moisture. Bathing can remove surface dirt, irritants and allergens.

    Applying specially-designed moisturiser immediately afterwards keeps the skin soft and moist, which will help avoid problems such as infections and dry, cracked skin, they explain in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. But Dr Ivan Cardona says parents should use their own judgement as well. If daily bathing doesn't appear to help their child's eczema, or they would rather not do it, they can switch to less frequent baths or showers. If their child's condition gets worse they should seek their doctor's advice.


    Amena Warner of Allergy UK said the advice was sensible. But she said daily baths should only last for a maximum of about 10 minutes so as not to overdo it. "Once you get out of the bath pat yourself dry with a towel and moisturise instantly. This can help stop the itch and scratch cycle." Dr Carsten Flohr, an expert at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and the Evelina London Children's Hospital, has been studying the effects of frequent bathing on skin barrier function. He said daily bathing or washing every other day was fine, but soap, bubble baths and shower gels could irritate the skin and make eczema worse in some people.

    Soak and smear

    * Use lukewarm water - it's more soothing than hot water, which can sting
    * Avoid harsh soaps. Instead use "sparing" amounts of a pH balanced skin cleanser
    * Do not scrub the skin clean, wash it gently
    * Towel dry by gently patting
    *Apply emollient immediately after this - emollients are not the same as cosmetic moisturisers and are designed to be used for skin conditions, such as eczema.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36652282

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    Thats incredibly miserable ailment for a kid to have, anyone really
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    When I was a kid, up into and through Jr High school, I had heat rash pretty bad. I'd get these small, itchy blisters mainly inside the bend of each arm and on the inside top of each wrist.

    Looked like this:



    The hotter and sweatier I'd get, the worse it would flare up. Sometimes I'd scratch until the little blisters would break and then bleed. Afterward, the little scabs would form and the surrounding skin would get very dry and painful when I'd bend my arm. Went to the dermatologist several times and had to use prescription medicated soap and ointment for years.

    And after we moved to Florida of course, it got worse. I remember coming in the locker room from P.E. class a few times and just scratching and scratching it until it was nearly raw.

    Just horrible. It seemed to start going away in my early teens, then after I started surfing and spending hours on end out in the sun and salt water, it disappeared completely.

    Sun and sea water are great for clearing up skin problems.

    Great for teenage acne, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDubya View Post
    When I was a kid, up into and through Jr High school, I had heat rash pretty bad. I'd get these small, itchy blisters mainly inside the bend of each arm and on the inside top of each wrist.

    Looked like this:



    The hotter and sweatier I'd get, the worse it would flare up. Sometimes I'd scratch until the little blisters would break and then bleed. Afterward, the little scabs would form and the surrounding skin would get very dry and painful when I'd bend my arm. Went to the dermatologist several times and had to use prescription medicated soap and ointment for years.

    And after we moved to Florida of course, it got worse. I remember coming in the locker room from P.E. class a few times and just scratching and scratching it until it was nearly raw.

    Just horrible. It seemed to start going away in my early teens, then after I started surfing and spending hours on end out in the sun and salt water, it disappeared completely.

    Sun and sea water are great for clearing up skin problems.

    Great for teenage acne, too.
    Sun and sea water kill pathogens.
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    Breakthrough study ‘grows’ skin from tissue to heal wounds by gene injection...

    Breakthrough study ‘grows’ skin from tissue to heal wounds by gene injection
    Fri, Sep 07, 2018 -In a world first, researchers have transformed tissue cells into skin cells to help heal serious wounds, a technique that could revolutionize care for victims of burns and other severe injuries.
    The research is the culmination of a decade of work and holds promise for a variety of patients, including those with serious burns or elderly patients with bedsores and other recurring lesions. The study, published yesterday in the journal Nature, involves a technology called “cell reprogramming” in which genes are inserted into cells to change them from one form to another. “This is the first description of reprogramming of tissue cells to skin cells,” lead author Masakazu Kurita said. “I’m really excited about the results.” Kurita, a plastic surgeon and professor at the University of Tokyo, began working on the technique 10 years ago. It has been a laborious and painstaking process since then. The first stage involved identifying genes present in skin cells, but not in tissue cells, which could be isolated and then inserted into tissue cells to transform them. "We picked around 80 candidate genes featured in skin cells, then we tried combinations,” Kurita said.


    His breakthrough came in 2014, when he successfully reprogrammed tissue cells into skin cells in a culture dish using a combination of 28 genes. In 2015, he moved to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California to collaborate with a team of specialists from around the world. He and his colleagues conducted about 2,000 trials with different combinations of genes, looking for the most efficient way to transform cells. Eventually, they hit upon a four-gene combination and began testing it in wounds on mice. They sealed the wounds off from the surrounding skin to replicate the difficult conditions at the center of a large burn or similar injury, with no adjacent skin to promote healing. Using the technology along with existing drug treatments, they were able to heal a lesion 1cm in diameter in about two weeks. “Our data suggests the feasibility of a completely new therapy which could be used for the closure of wounds from various causes,” Kurita said.


    The most obvious application would be for severe burns covering large parts of the body, which are usually treated with skin grafts, Kurita added. However, he cautioned that the research was still far from being available to patients, with perhaps another decade of work needed before then. He wants to see research done on better ways to deliver the four-gene combination. For the study, the researchers used a virus that has been used in other work transforming cells as the delivery system for the four-gene combination, but future research could develop a more efficient delivery system specifically designed for their technique. More work could also be done on the types of drugs used to support healing, Kurita said.



    There are also risks to consider. The study monitored the newly transformed skin cells in test mice for eight months and found they remained intact in their new form throughout that period, but longer monitoring would be needed to make sure the transformation was permanent. In addition, any process of transforming cells with genes carries the risk of mutations, including cancer formation. “We didn’t find any of those signs so far, but this is really short-term,” Kurita said.


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    A lot of great biomedical research is coming out of Asia. Yamanaka was the first to create induced pluripotent stem cells, for example.

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