Webinar: Treating Children with Eczema
Register NowAtopic eczema is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that affects up to 30% of children in Australia.
What are the long-term health impacts of eczema on children? How can parents and caregivers support their children with eczema? What can we do as practitioners to support the lives of patients with eczema?
Atopic eczema is a relapsing inflammatory skin condition that can be lifelong. Management of eczema is often focused on infants, with many school-aged children undertreated. Uncontrolled eczema has a significant impact on the quality of life of the child and their family.
Join Australia’s leading Naturopathic Medicine Practitioner Dawn Whitten in discovering the role of nutrition in the pathogenesis, prevention, and management of childhood eczema.
Topics covered include:
- Understanding what’s new in childhood eczema
- Reasons why children experience eczema
- Strategies to support eczema
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References
(1) Peters RL, Koplin JJ, Gurrin LC, et al. The prevalence of food allergy and other allergic diseases in early childhood in a population-based study: HealthNuts age 4-year follow-up. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017;140(1):145–153. Search PubMed
Speakers
Dawn Whitten
BNat (Hons 1st), IBCLC, FNHAA
Dawn Whitten is a Naturopath and International BoardCertified Lactation Consultant. She is passionate about protecting and nurturing the microbiome of the next generation and has a broad base of clinical experience with a focus on women’s health through pregnancy and beyond, as well as infant and toddler health. She has…
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