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No differences
in the eczema severity scores
were found between the left
and right side of individual
patients at any time in the
study. Similarly there was
no difference in the patient
or parent assessment of the
effectiveness of each type
of medication.
The Doctors assessment
also showed no significant difference
in the treatment groups at both
day 7 and day 21.
Both types of
treatment were well accepted
by the parents and only one patient
was withdrawn from the study
due to a widespread flare up
of their condition. |
The authors
confirm and extend the findings
reported by Ricci and his colleagues
in the British Journal of Dermatology
(2004) by demonstrating that
not only is DermaSilk superior
to cotton clothing but it is
even comparable in clinical
effectiveness to treatment
with a potent topical corticosteroid
used as normally prescribed.
The final paragraph
of the paper says it all.
"The
efficacy was comparable to that
obtained by treating the patient
with a modern class III topical
corticosteroid and, thus, as good
as the current standard care in
Atopic Dermatitis.." |
