Few medical advances can top the record speed and success of COVID-19 vaccines except perhaps the transformation of COVID-19 care.
In the spring of 2020, British doctors and nurses were desperately trying to save lives from a new deadly disease. And through no fault of their own, they were often unable to save them. It was oxygen and paracetamol really, that’s all we had, said Ray Sheridan, consultant general physician at the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust hospital. You did all the good basic medicine and nursing to make sure patients were comfortable, supported, fed and hydrated, he explained. And you crossed your fingers.
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While most of us welcome the summer, for the one in four adults with eczema, it can be the season of flare-ups.
As the temperature rises we sweat more, and one theory is that people with eczema are sensitive to sweat which prompts the release of the chemical histamine, which causes itching and other symptoms of allergies. They also have a weakened skin barrier, making it less able to hold in moisture and protect against irritants which is why it’s sore and itchy in the first place.
So which products can help? Caroline Jones asked consultant dermatologists Dr Justine Hextall, from Tarrant Street Clinic in Arundel, West Sussex, and Dr Catherine Borysiewicz, from London’s Cadogan Clinic and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, to assess some of the newer products. We then rated them.
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