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Did you know that the severity of eczema symptoms + skin color have a unique relationship? That certain eczema symptoms can be WORSE for skin of color versus white or lighter skin tones?
While practitioners are typically taught about the “classic eczema patient” who has red inflamed eczema skin, there is huge variation in how atopic dermatitis (eczema) shows up in different skin tones. What this new research out of Johns Hopkins University tells us is that dark skin color and black skin might actually experience eczema symptoms WORSE.
In today's episode with Dr. Shawn Kwatra, we talk about why people of color so often struggle to get a correct skin rash diagnosis (black skin versus asian skin versus white skin), different ways chronic skin rashes manifest in different races, and much more!
Shawn Kwatra, MD, is a Director of the Johns Hopkins Itch Center and an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, USA. He specializes in medical dermatology areas of clinical expertise, including atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, chronic itch of unknown origin and dermatology for ethnic skin.
LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
• Find Dr. Shawn Kwatra online - www.kwatralab.org/
• Get Dr. Kwatra's book Living with Itch: A Patient's Guide - a.co/d/h5B3fjl
• Diagnosing Atopic Dermatitis in Skin of Color (Dr. Kwatra’s paper) - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37236...
• Healthy Skin Show ep. 275: Why You're So Itchy (HINT: It's Probably Not Histamine) w/ Dr. Shawn Kwatra - www.skinterrupt.com/275
• Healthy Skin Show ep. 302: What Is Prurigo Nodularis: Triggers, Body Connections + Crazy Itch w/ Dr. Shawn Kwatra - www.skinterrupt.com/302
• Healthy Skin Show ep. 168: 168: Misdiagnosis of Chronic Skin Conditions In Skin of Color w/ Dr. Hope Mitchell - www.skinterrupt.com/168
IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Introduction
01:21 How rashes look different based on skin color
05:49 Eczema symptoms show up differently on different skin tones
10:02 Importance of serum IgE lab test for eczema
13:37 Who does prurigo nodularis affect?
16:08 Do topical steroids cause white patches on skin?
21:30 Itch in skin of color
27:54 Non-steroid medication options for eczema symptoms
30:18 Final thoughts
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ABOUT JENNIFER FUGO, MS, CNS:
Jennifer Fugo, MS, LDN, CNS is a clinical nutritionist empowering women who’ve been failed by conventional medicine to beat chronic skin and unending gut challenges. Because she’s overcome a long history of gut issues and eczema, Jennifer has empathy and insight to help her clients discover missing pieces and create doable integrative plans.
She holds a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and is a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Specialist, and is the host of the Healthy Skin Show.
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