Childhood eczema may last into adulthood: study

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Childhood eczema may last into adulthood: study

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a widespread belief that childhood eczema clears up by adolescence, a new study suggests the condition often lasts into adulthood. Researchers followed kids with eczema over time and found that at least 80 percent of those surveyed at every age had the condition, up to age 26. "This is a pretty persistent disease," Dr. David Margolis told Reuters Health. "Probably a lot of the adults that have dermatitis had it as children." Margolis is the study's senior author from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

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