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Medications for pediatric eczema

Even with treatment, children with moderate to severe eczema may still suffer from occasional flare-ups. Tanya Altmann, MD, explains how to minimize common triggers and which medications can help treat pediatric eczema.


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Up Next

  • Tips to control pediatric eczema

  • Help keep your child's pediatric eczema under control

  • Living with pediatric eczema

  • Tips to manage your child's eczema

  • How to manage your child's asthma

  • Common atopic dermatitis triggers

  • Treatments for atopic dermatitis

  • What sunscreen makes sense for babies?

  • Patient perspectives: finding relief from atopic dermatitis

  • How to treat head lice

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