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KMID : 1189420180310010052
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2018 Volume.31 No. 1 p.52 ~ p.70
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The Study on the Environmental Factors of Atopic Dermatitis in Oriental-Western Medicine
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Park Sung-Gu
Noh Hyeon-Min
Kweon So-Hyoun
Jo Eun-Hee
Jang Hyun-Chul
Kim Ho-Kyoung
Park Hi-Joon
Kim Won-Jeong
Park Min-Cheol
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Abstract
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Objectives : Atopic dermatitis(AD) and environmental factors are closely related, but there is lack of oriental medical examination. So we compared the relationship between AD and various environmental factors in Oriental medicine and Western medicine.
Methods : We described the relationship between AD and environmental factors through the latest papers and a review of the oriental medicine literature.
Results : The regional diversity of AD incidence implies a close relationship between climate factors and AD, and high altitude and low pH springs also have an effect on AD. Air pollutants from industrialization and urbanization aggravate AD. The increase in indoor residence time and the increase in room temperature and humidity have also increased the sensitization to allergens such as house dust mite. In oriental medicine, wind(風) is one of the environmental factors and is an inflammatory state due to external irritation. Wind-Humidity(風濕) refers to erythematous wetting dermatitis with itching and exudation, Wind-Fever(風熱) refers to acute inflammatory reaction with erythematous papules and plague, and Blood-Weakness(血虛) refers to aggravation and chronicization of inflammation due to persistence of skin barrier impairment.
Conclusions : We examined the relationship between AD and various environmental factors. We also described the oriental medical viewpoints of the environmental factors in the occurrence of AD and skin barrier impairment.
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KEYWORD
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Atopic dermatitis, Environmental factor, Respiratory allergy, Korean Medicine
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