According to the Korea Food Communication Forum on the 7th, a research team from the Department of Family Medicine of the National Medical Center surveyed 348 adult atopic dermatitis patients in their 20s and 30s (experienced by doctors) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Survey from 2016 to 2018. The analysis revealed this. The results of this study were introduced in the recent issue of the Journal of Korean Family Medicine under the title of’Analysis of Factors Related to Improvement of Atopic Dermatitis in Adults in their 20s and 30s’.
42% (146) of adult atopy patients in the study responded that “there is no atopy at the moment”, confirming that their symptoms improved. The remaining 58% (202 patients) did not improve atopic symptoms. It was found that the likelihood of improvement of atopic symptoms increased when they enjoyed medium-high-intensity physical activity or medium-high-intensity leisure activities. Adults who had high-intensity physical activities with a lot of breath, heart beating very quickly, or moderate-intensity physical activities with a little short breath or heart beating slightly were 2.5 times and 1.2 times more likely to be in symptom improvement than those who did not.
Similarly, adults who engage in high-intensity and moderate-intensity physical activities in leisure activities were 1.5 times and 2.0 times more likely to have improved atopic symptoms than adults who did not. There was no correlation between the number of walking days and strength training days each week with whether or not the atopy improved. Physical activity may contribute to normalizing immunoglobulin (IgE) levels elevated by atopy, the researchers analyzed.
Less stress and getting enough sleep were also predicted to contribute to the relief of adult atopic symptoms. The stressful adult atopic patients were 1.7 times more likely to belong to the atopic symptom-non-improving group than those with less stress.
The research team said in the paper, “Atopic patients have relatively high depression, anxiety, anxiety, and stress, and it is known that mental health is an important factor in the occurrence of atopy.” He pointed out that antidepressant use and suicidal tendencies were high.
Adult atopic patients are known to have poor sleep quality and lack of sleep time, such as having difficulty falling asleep due to itching and pain, and having difficulty maintaining sleep. Men rather than women and unmarried rather than married were more likely to belong to the group that improved atopic symptoms. The average age of the atopic symptom improvement group was less than that of the non-resisting group.
Meanwhile, 85% of all patients with atopic dermatitis develop in children (under 5 years of age). Of these, 25% last to adults.
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