Evaluation to ensure better treatment.

Atopic dermatitis is a chronically developing dermatosis currently treated symtomatically.
Improvement in therapeutic care requires objective evaluation of the severity of cutaneous lesions at a given time.

1. Extent criteria
   • The rule of 9 before the age of 2 : cervical preponderance
   • The rule of 9 in adults and older children
   • Grading in practice :
     It is advisable to draw lesion spread directly on the evaluation sheet and then perform the calculation.

2. Intensity criteria
   • Erythema : stage 1 / stage 2 / stage 3
   • Edema / papulation : stage 1 / stage 2 / stage 3
   • Oozing / crusting : stage 1 / stage 2 / stage 3
   • Excoriation : stage 1 / stage 2 / stage 3
   • Lichenification : stage 1 / stage 2 / stage 3

3. Subjective symptoms
   The two most representative items concerning the quality of life of patients are :
   • Pruritus
   • Insomnia

4. Total score

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