Allergic Skin Diseases   

Patient is getting a device for PFO closure that contains nickel, platinum, and titanium. Is it OK to just use the piece of metal from the manufacture...

(preschool-aged patients)

Do you recommend allergy testing? Avoidance? If the patient tests positive on a skin test, do you recommend avoidance or continued exposure?

Do you start/trial them on another biologic or just rely on topical therapies?

I have an elderly patient with a history of biopsy-proven psoriasis on IL-17 biologic therapy. She has developed an intense itch without a primary ras...

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Are dilute bleach baths enough? Should they use any topical therapies? Is there a need for Staph decolonization with something like mupirocin?

Are there cases where food or environmental allergies significantly worsen eczema in children?

Is a positive thimerosal test always a false positive?

Especially in the setting of these being more narrow acting than tofacitinib, should we consider them safer than our old drugs?