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Eczema - atopic - Management
Which scenario?
- Scenario: Diagnosis and assessment: covers the initial diagnosis and assessment of a person presenting with a new episode or exacerbation of eczema.
- Scenario: Mild eczema: covers the management of a person with areas of dry skin and/or infrequent itching (with or without small areas of redness).
- Scenario: Moderate eczema: covers the management of a person with areas of dry skin, frequent itching, and redness (with or without excoriation and localized skin thickening).
- Scenario: Severe eczema: covers the management of a person with widespread areas of dry skin, incessant itching, and redness (with or without excoriation, extensive skin thickening, bleeding, oozing, cracking and alteration of pigmentation).
- Scenario: Infected eczema: covers the additional management of infected eczema (indicated by areas of weeping, crusting, or pustules; fever or malaise; rapidly worsening eczema; or eczema that has failed to respond to treatment) with antibiotics and/or antiseptics.
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