Assessment of the influence systemic cryotherapy exerts on chosen skin scores of a patient with atopic dermatitis (AD)
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Abstract
Case report: The case report regards a 33-year-old male patient living in a big city. The patient has been suffering from atopic dermatitis since infancy.
Results: SCORAD index evaluating the AD intensity level changed after 15 whole-body cryotherapy sessions. Before the treatments, the patient achieved 42.9 points on the above-mentioned scale. After the 15th treatment the sum of points amounted to 36.8, and after 3 weeks since the therapy was discontinued — 33.9 points.
Changes in the level of hydration of both healthy skin and skin with AD symptoms were also observed.
Conclusion: Due to these properties, the hypothesis has been put forward that systemic cryotherapy can be a complementary method in the treatment of AD.
Keywords: atopic dermatitisskin lesionsindicators of the skinsystemic cryotherapy
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