{"id":486,"date":"2023-01-02T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=486"},"modified":"2023-01-10T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T22:51:00","slug":"asteatotic-dermatitis","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/chapter\/asteatotic-dermatitis\/","title":{"raw":"Asteatotic Dermatitis","rendered":"Asteatotic Dermatitis"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>What is it?<\/h1>\r\nIt is a type of eczema that appears as a cracked dry riverbed from excessive dryness. Exposure to hot water, using harsh soaps or malnutrition can result in astetotic eczema. It is thought to be secondary to loss of epidermal lipids and natural moisturizers.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_448\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"170\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" \/> Image 3.19: Fissures and dermatitis from asteotosis[\/caption]\r\n<h1>What does it look like?<\/h1>\r\nDry skin that progress to form superficial cracks or fissures on a background of faint erythema. Often seen on the lower extremities, where scales are thick or on the upper back in patients exposed to hot showers.\r\n<h1>How is it treated?<\/h1>\r\nTopical steroids, preferably in an ointment base, rapidly clears the skin. Calcineurin inhibitors can also be used. Aggravating factors like hot showers, harsh soaps and bath scrubs should be avoided. 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It is thought to be secondary to loss of epidermal lipids and natural moisturizers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-448\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-579x1024.jpg 579w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-768x1358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-869x1536.jpg 869w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-65x115.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-225x398.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit-350x619.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2022\/12\/Ch-3-asteotosis-edit.jpg 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 3.19: Fissures and dermatitis from asteotosis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>What does it look like?<\/h1>\n<p>Dry skin that progress to form superficial cracks or fissures on a background of faint erythema. Often seen on the lower extremities, where scales are thick or on the upper back in patients exposed to hot showers.<\/p>\n<h1>How is it treated?<\/h1>\n<p>Topical steroids, preferably in an ointment base, rapidly clears the skin. Calcineurin inhibitors can also be used. Aggravating factors like hot showers, harsh soaps and bath scrubs should be avoided. For prevention, multiple daily applications of a thick moisturizer, preferably petrolatum jelly or moisturizers that contain ceramides and humectants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1682,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-486","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":407,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/486\/revisions\/1321"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/407"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/486\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}