Study provides new insights for medication to treat atopic dermatitis

Patients with atopic dermatitis, the most common inflammatory skin disease in the general population, often have vascular changes that lead to a loss of proteins in their skin and symptoms like oozing, bleeding, infection and redness. In a recent study, researchers at National Jewish Health tested a medication known as dupilumab in patients suffering from this condition. The study found that the drug also helped treat eczema by decreasing the proteins leaking from patients’ blood vessels into their inflamed skin.