Dermatologist, Head of the Dermatology Department at the Emirates Medical Association, Dr. Anwar Al-Hammadi, said that a new ecologic treatment for eczema has recently been approved for children aged 12 years and over, while statistics indicate that about 20% of the UAE population is infected Eczema, and the most common genetic factor in the disease.
He explained in a press statement on the sidelines of the official launch of the campaign and the network «coexistence» Almkazma », that the new treatment treats children aged 12 years and above, after the treatment was available at the age of 18 years and above, stressing that the new biological treatment is a syringe could change The reality of many patients, and access to high satisfaction rates, such as the case of a young Gulf man suffered eczema for 33 years, and after the biological treatment was able to get out of isolation, pointing out that there were cases of eczema and social isolation, and controlled the disease to them significantly.
According to Hammadi, eczema is a skin disease that appears in the form of red spots on the face, causing cracks in the skin, resulting in bleeding, and make the skin more like arid land.
"Studies show that between 20% and 25% of the UAE's population has eczema, and some patients ignore treatment so they do not resort to skin centers, which is similar to other countries, and more than 60% of cases of eczema in children disappear at the age of 6 years To 12 years, and by 2 to 10% continue in adults ».