Climatotherapy at the Dead Sea: An effective treatment modality for atopic dermatitis with significant positive impact on quality of life

Dermatitis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Adler Cohen, Chagit ^a   Czarnowicki, Tali ^a   Dreiher, Jacob ^b   Ruzicka, Thomas ^a   Ingber, Arieh ^a   Harari, Marco ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BATH; CLIMATOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEAD SEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALNEOLOGY; CLIMATOTHERAPY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865020912     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DER.0b013e31824a6141     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Leung DY, Eichenfield LF, Boguniewicz M. Chapter 14. Atopic dermatitis (atopic eczema). In: Wolff K, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI, Gilchrest B, Paller AS, Leffell DJ, eds. Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. 7th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Co, Inc; 2008.
2. Leung DY, Boguniewicz M, Howell MD, et al. New insights into atopic dermatitis. J Clin Invest 2004;113:651-657.
3. Buys LM. Treatment options for atopic dermatitis. Am Fam Physician 2007;75:523-528.
4. Williams H, Robertson C, Stewart A, et al. Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999;103:125-128.
5. Larsen FS, Hanifin JM. Epidemiology of atopic dermatitis. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2002;22:1-24.
6. Daud LR, Garralda ME, David TJ. Psychosocial adjustment in preschool children with atopic eczema. Arch Dis Child 1993;69:670-676.
7. Ellis C, Luger T, Abeck D, et al. International Consensus Conference on Atopic Dermatitis II (ICCAD II): clinical update and current treatment strategies. Br J Dermatol 2003;148:3-10.
8. Hengge UR, Ruzicka T, Schwartz RA, et al. Adverse effects of topical glucocorticosteroids. J Am Acad Dermatol 2006;54:1-15.
9. Hultsch T, Kapp A, Spergel J. Immunomodulation and safety of topical calcineurin inhibitors for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. Dermatology 2005;211:174-187.
10. Gambichler T, Breukmann E, Boms S, et al. Narrowband UVB phototherapy in skin conditions beyond psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2005;52: 660-670.
11. Harari M, Novack L, Barth J, et al. The percentage of patients achieving PASI 75 after 1 month and remission time after climatotherapy at the Dead Sea. Int J Dermatol 2007;46:1087-1091.
12. Dostrovsky A, Sagher F. Preliminary report: the therapeutic effect of the hot springs of Zohar (Dead Sea) on some skin diseases [in Hebrew]. Harefuah 1959;57:143-145.
13. Harari M, Shani J, Seidl V, et al. Climatotherapy of atopic dermatitis at the Dead Sea: demographic evaluation and cost-effectiveness. Int J Dermatol 2000;39:59-69.
14. Schiffner R, Schiffner-Rohe J, Gerstenhauer M, et al. Dead Sea treatment - principle for outpatient use in atopic dermatitis: safety and efficacy of synchronous balneophototherapy using narrowband UVB and bathing in Dead Sea salt solution. Eur J Dermatol 2002;12:543-548.
15. European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis. Severity scoring of atopic dermatitis: the SCORAD index. Dermatology 1993;186:23-31.
16. Hanifin JM, Rakja G. Diagnostic features of atopic dermatitis. Acta Dermatol Venereol 1980;92:44-47.
17. Carpio-Obeso MP, Shorr M, Valdez-Salas B. Desert ecosystems: similarities, characteristics, and health benefits. Rev Environ Health 1999;14(4): 257-267.
18. Chren MM, Lasek RJ, Quinn LM, et al. Skindex, a quality-of-life measure for patients with skin diseases: reliability, validity and responsiveness. J Invest Dermatol 1996;107:707-713.
19. Chren MM, Lasek RJ, Flocke SA, et al. Improved discriminative and evaluative capability of a refined version of Skindex, a quality-of-life instrument for patients with skin diseases. Arch Dermatol 1997;133: 1433-1440.
20. Buske-Kirschbaum A, Geiben A, Hellhammer D. Psychobiological aspects of atopic dermatitis: an overview. Psychother Psychosom 2001;70:6-16.
21. Howlett S. Emotional dysfunction, child-family relationships and childhood atopic dermatitis. Br J Dermatol 1999;140:381-384.
22. Linnet J, Jemec GB. Anxiety level and severity of skin condition predicts outcome of psychotherapy in atopic dermatitis patients. Int J Dermatol 2001;40:632-636.
23. Hashizume H, Takigawa M. Anxiety in allergy and atopic dermatitis. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2006;6:335-339.
24. Arndt J, Smith N, Tausk F. Stress and atopic dermatitis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2008;8:312-317.
25. Oh SH, Bae BG, Park CO, et al. Association of stress with symptoms of atopic dermatitis. Acta Dermatol Venereol 2010;90:582-588.
26. Balkrishnan R, Housman TS, Carroll C, et al. Disease severity and associated family impact in childhood atopic dermatitis. Arch Dis Child 2003; 88:423-427.
27. Al Shobaili HA. The impact of childhood atopic dermatitis on the patients' family. Pediatr Dermatol 2010;27:618-623.
28. Lee J, Bielory L. Complementary and alternative interventions in atopic dermatitis. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2010;30:411-424.
29. Jekler J, Larko O. UVA solarium versus UVB phototherapy of atopic dermatitis: a paired-comparison study. Br J Dermatol 1991;125:569-572.
30. Seidl V, Harari M, Weinrauch L. Climatotherapy of atopic dermatitis at the Dead-Sea. Der Deutsch Dermatol 1993;41:841-884.
31. Kushelevsky AP, Harari M, Kudish AI, et al. Safety of solar phototherapy at the Dead Sea. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998;38:447-452.
32. Zimmermann J, Utermann S. Photo-brine therapy in patients with psoriasis and neurodermatitis atopica [in German]. Hautarzt 1994;5:849-853.
33. Walling HW, Swick BL. Update on the management of chronic eczema: new approaches and emerging treatment options. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol 2010;3:99-117.