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Dermatology

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common skin disorders. Food allergy and AD may occur in the same patient and in small children with AD, a strong association between food allergy and AD exist. As
many infants with AD are sensitized and have an increased risk to develop immediate type allergic reactions compared to infants without AD it is important to evaluated and diagnose food allergy early in these children to
prevent anaphylaxis at first feed. Also older children with atopic dermatitis has to be evaluated for a concomitant/complicating food allergy. As around 20% of children have AD and only 3.6% of children have food allergy an algorithm on whom (e.g. time of onset of AD, severity of AD, other atopic diseases, skin barrier function) and how to evaluation infants and children with atopic dermatitis could be useful for clinicians in different specialties.

Section: Dermatology
Chair: Charlotte G Mortz
Secretary: Barbara Ballmer-Weber
There is a strong need to identify new management approaches for the prevention of atopic dermatitis (AD), due to its substantial burden on patients’ quality of life and health-care resources. In addition, AD is associated with higher risk of developing other atopic diseases. Increasing evidence suggests that skin barrier abnormalities play an essential role in initiation of early AD. The difficulties to target the underlying immune dysregulation, put forward the potential for early interventional approaches targeting skin repair. The aim of this task
force is to provide evidence on whether the daily use of topical treatments soon after birth (before the onset of AD) and for the first months of life could reduce the occurrence of AD and/or its severity, thus representing a low cost, easy to apply, safe and effective approach for the primary prevention of AD and atopic march, at least in some phenotypes.

Chair: Elena Galli
Secretary: Pasquale Comberiati
rashUrticaria, or hives, is a disease characterized by pale red bumps or plaques (wheals) on the skin which are triggered by certain foods, medication and stress. Urticarial vasculitis has similar characteristics (wheals and redness) but additionally presents inflamed blood vessels (vasculitis) when examined under the microscope. Urticarial vasculitis is a condition which is rare and difficult to treat, and is frequently misdiagnosed as chronic spontaneous urticaria due to the common characteristics shared by both diseases. While urticaria can disappear spontaneously or be treated with antihistamines, urticarial vasculitis is treated with UV and corticosteroids (effective in 80% of the cases).
This Task Force brings together experts from across Europe to develop, standardize and harmonize the diagnostic criteria for urticarial vasculitis in order to promote better patient treatment for this rare disease.

Section: Dermatology
Chair: Karoline Krause
Secretary: Margarida Goncalo

Relevant literature: 

- Kolkhir, P. et al. Treatment of urticarial vasculitis: A systematic review