5개월 동안 외래를 통해 꾸준한 약물치료 및 외치요법을 실시하여 호전되던 중 재발한 중증의 아토피피부염 소아환자에게 10일간의 단기입원치료를 통하여 약물치료 뿐만 아니라 한약 외용제,습포제 및 기타 치료 및 교육을 적극적으로 실시한 결과 객관적인 SCORAD score 및 주관적인 평가에서 긍정적인 변화가 있었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 한 명의 동일한 환자에게 증상의 정도가 비슷한 상태에서 외래와 입원이라는 방법으로 똑같은 치료를 수행했을 때, 다른 결과가 나왔는데 이는 집에서 자가적 치료가 원활하게 이루어지지 않았기 때문으로 생각되며, 단기입원을 통한 아토피피부염 치료는 외래치료의 한계를 극복하는 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.
Background : Atopic dermatitis is chronic exzemaous dermatitis and the recurrence rate of atopic dermatitis is high. Many patients are suffering from pruritus. Objective : This study compared ambulatory care with hospitalization for atopic dermatitis treatment of one patient, and investigated the effect of Oriental medicine program for atopic dermatitis patients during short term hospitalization. Method : We treated a 5 year-old boy with uncontrollable atopic dermatitis by ambulatory care and hospitalizaion. Herbal medication and herbal dressing was done samely during ambulatory care and hospitalization. Intensive life management, education for compliance was done only during hospitalization. Results : Even though he had been treated for 5 months by ambulatory care, he still suffered from severe itching, erythema, oozing and insomnia. Admission duration was 10 days. During admission, the SCORAD scores and subjective scores were decreased rapidly. Conclusion : We concluded that effects of the treatments can be different due to compliance of the patient and in that view the short term hospitalization program could be more helpful than ambulatory care for uncontrollable atopic dermatitis patients.
