Cornea and External Disease News

• Atopic Dermatitis Treatment Is Evolving Dupilumab, an anti-IL-4 and anti-IL-13 monoclonal antibody, is indicated in Europe for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis that requires systemic treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Depression and Dry Eye Correlation Probed 'If the patient sees a doctor for dry eye, the doctor should check with the patient to see if they have depression. And if the patient has symptoms of depression, the doctor should check for dry eye.'
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2022
• Rising Screen Time During COVID Is Hurting Kids' Health Increased screen time among children during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a potential risk of a range of health problems, according to researchers at Angela Ruskin University.
  Quick Take, March 16, 2022
• FDA Reviewing Dupilumab for Treating AD in Younger Age Group The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation for dupilumab for the treatment of severe AD in children aged 6 months to 11 years in 2016.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2022
• Docs React: NyQuil Chicken and Endless Eye Mucus A new month brings a new bounty of health and wellness myths on TikTok for physicians to dispel.
  Medscape Medical News, February 09, 2022
• FDA Approves First Generic Version of Restasis for Dry Eye The brand name medicated eyedrops have been available in the United States for nearly 20 years.
  Medscape Medical News, February 03, 2022
• Atopic Dermatitis: Expert Shares Parents' Top Five Questions Whether a child will outgrow eczema and the role of allergies are among the most common questions from parents.
  Medscape Medical News, December 08, 2021
• Small Fiber Neuropathy Rising in the US, But Why Is a Mystery Over the past two decades there has been a significant increase in the number of adults in the United States with small fiber neuropathy, but in many cases, no cause can be determined.
  Medscape Medical News, November 03, 2021
• EDs Swamped With Seriously Ill Patients, Many Don't Have COVID Certain patients who couldn't get in to see a doctor earlier in the pandemic, or were avoiding the covid risks inside hospitals, have become too sick to stay away.
  Kaiser Health News, October 29, 2021
• Red Eye Is Common, but Can Be Indication of Serious Disease Red eye, which can cause significant discomfort but is not life-threatening, can be an indication of more serious disease, one expert says.
  Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2021
• WCPD 2021 Dupilumab Effective for Up to 1 Year in Teens With AD: Study Efficacy remained steady at high levels at 52 weeks, and serious adverse effects were rare, extension trial finds.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2021
• WCPD 2021 COVID-19: 2 More Mucosal Skin Ulcer Cases Reported in Male Teens Two adolescent boys were successfully treated with IV infusions of steroids and other drugs after developing reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruptions (RIME) following coronavirus infection.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2021
• Cryotherapy Found Efficacious for Chronic Rhinitis Cryoablation of the posterior nasal nerve may reduce the symptoms of chronic rhinitis, results of a recently published trial suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, August 27, 2021
• Corneal Changes May Signal Long COVID, Study Shows Nerve fiber loss and an increase in dendritic or key immune cells on the cornea may help identify Long COVID.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2021
• FDA Approves Verkazia for Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Ophthalmologists now have another option to treat both adults and children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis.
  FDA Approvals, June 28, 2021
• Study Estimates Incidence of Dupilumab-Related Conjunctivitis The overall incidence rate of conjunctivitis within 6 months of starting treatment was 6.6% in dupilumab users, compared with 3.3% in methotrexate users.
  Medscape Medical News, June 18, 2021
• OCT Corneal Epithelial Mapping May Help Doctors Better Diagnose Dry Eye Optical coherence tomography (OCT) corneal epithelial mapping can help doctors better screen for and stage dry-eye disease, new research suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2021
• Allergic Conjunctivitis Severely Affects Children's Quality of Life Physical, emotional, social, and especially school functioning were all affected. Parents also experienced large effects on quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2021
• AACE 2021 Even Inactive Thyroid Eye Disease Adversely Impacts Patients Patients with inactive thyroid eye disease continue to have eye symptoms as well as poor mental health and quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, May 31, 2021
• PAS 2021 MIS-C: Where Patients First Seek Care May Not Affect Outcomes Length of hospital stay did not significantly differ for children who went to an emergency department first, compared with those who initially sought care in other settings, a study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2021