Gill Steve
Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Br J Nurs. 2006;15(9):494-9. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2006.15.9.21089.
Atopic eczema is a significant disease, being the most common skin disorder in children, affecting 12-15% of all school-age children (Emerson et al, 1998). It is an inflammatory skin condition, which is genetic in origin but is triggered by many factors, such as detergents, emotional distress or dust mites (Buxton, 1998) and often starts in the first year of life. It is characterised by dry and itchy skin. This often breaks down and becomes infected, partly as a result of the close relationship of atopic eczema and the organism Staphylococcus aureus, which is found on the skin of most children with atopic eczema (Goodyear, 1993).
特应性湿疹是一种重要疾病，是儿童中最常见的皮肤病，影响所有学龄儿童的12 - 15%（艾默生等人，1998年）。它是一种炎症性皮肤病，起源于遗传，但由许多因素引发，如洗涤剂、情绪困扰或尘螨（巴克斯顿，1998年），通常在生命的第一年开始发病。其特征是皮肤干燥瘙痒。这常常会破损并受到感染，部分原因是特应性湿疹与金黄色葡萄球菌密切相关，在大多数患有特应性湿疹的儿童皮肤上都能发现这种细菌（古德伊尔，1993年）。
