This disorder produces skin inflammation and interferes with the skin's inability to retain adequate moisture. Even though it looks like it is, atopic dermatitis is not contagious. Children Children's allergies. Hayfever Airborne madness. When your skin erupts.
Atopic dermatitis is a very common disease that exists world wide.
It can occur at any age but is most prevalent in infants to young adults. It is a hereditary condition which affects approximately ten percent of infants and three percent of the overall population of the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. There are typically three stages in atopic dermatitis each with fairly distinctive features. The first infant stage, appears between birth and the age of two, the second childhood stage appears between the ages of two and 12, and the third adult stage appears from the age of 12 and up. This condition, sixty percent of the time, develops in the first year of life but rarely appears during the first two months.