Comorbidities

More than Skin Deep: AD Comorbidities

AD patients at increased for developing a variety of allergic comorbidities

  • Allergic rhinitis, asthma, conjunctivitis, food allergies, eosinophilic esophagitis

6 endotypes associated with higher risk of developing comorbidity

  • Early onset, persistence, atopic parent(s), severity, filaggrin mutation, polysensitization

Several other comorbidities

  • Infections (Staphylococcus aureus, eczema herpeticum)
  • Neuropsychiatric (ADHD, depression, anxiety, autism, suicidal ideation)
  • Emerging (cardiometabolic disease, autoimmune disease)

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