Systemic antihistamines - a common outside the guidelines therapeutic strategy in hand eczema management

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
A Jankowska-KonsurJ C Szepietowski

Abstract

Hand eczema (HE) is the most common skin disease affecting hands. Although the current treatment guidelines do not recommend use of systemic antihistamines as routine therapy, they seem to be widely used by physicians handling with this problem. The aim of the study was to investigate the attitude to prescribe systemic antihistamines in HE. A 10-item questionnaire was distributed among physicians participating in regional dermatological conferences. 127 valid questionnaires were analysed. A total of 127 physicians participated in the survey. 124 (97.6%) responders prescribe antihistamines in HE and 16 (12.6%) subjects declared routine use of oral antihistamines in the HE management. Significantly more dermatologists than other specialists used antihistamines in the treatment of HE accompanying atopic dermatitis (77.8% vs. 54.5%, P < 0.01) and dermatologists significantly more commonly used antihistamines in HE due to their anti-inflammatory properties (40.3% vs. 20.0%, P = 0.02). Regarding the type of eczema, antihistamines were prescribed most frequently in acute allergic HE (n = 92, 72.4%) and in HE accompanying atopic dermatitis (n = 86, 67.7%). Despite the lack of the large, randomized, controlled studies on the effectivene...Continue Reading

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