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Contact: Erin White ewhite@northwestern.edu<\/a> 847-491-4888 Northwestern University @northwesternu<\/p>\n CHICAGO --- Intense itching and dry, irritable skin aren't the only problems adults with eczema face. They are at greater risk of accidental bone fractures and other injuries, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found. <\/p>\n This is the first study to find adult eczema is a risk factor for fractures and other injuries. <\/p>\n The increased odds of accidental injury could be directly related to the side effects of steroids and sedating antihistamines commonly prescribed to treat the skin disorder or the under-treatment of severe cases, study authors suggest. <\/p>\n \"Many eczema patients who are prescribed medication for itch are often given sedating antihistamines or steroids, but those medications may come at a price,\" said Jonathan I. Silverberg, M.D., senior author of the study. \"Sedatives cause fatigue, and steroids can lead to bone density problems and osteoporosis.\" <\/p>\n Silverberg is an assistant professor of dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and an attending physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. <\/p>\n The study, published Oct. 29 in the journal JAMA Dermatology, validates what Silverberg sees regularly at the Northwestern Multidisciplinary Eczema Center. <\/p>\n \"Last month three of my patients with eczema cancelled at the last minute because of injuries,\" Silverberg said. \"One fell and almost got hit by a bus, another was hit by a car and then another missed her appointment because she was in a car accident. You can't make this stuff up.\" <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read more: PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2014 Contact: Erin White ewhite@northwestern.edu<\/a> 847-491-4888 Northwestern University @northwesternu CHICAGO --- Intense itching and dry, irritable skin aren't the only problems adults with eczema face. They are at greater risk of accidental bone fractures and other injuries, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found. This is the first study to find adult eczema is a risk factor for fractures and other injuries. Continue reading
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