PSYCHONEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS

Background: Atopic dermatitis (ATD) is a chronic relapsing skin disease. It is characterized by itchy and eczematogenic lesions (pruritus, erythema, pemphigus, population, exudation, cortex). Over the past three decades, the incidence of ATD has been steadily increasing. Atopic dermatitis is a common disease in pediatric dermatological practice. Methods: The study is included 217 children of both sexes in the age from 6 to 12 years old. The main group is consisted of 147 children (74 boys and 73 girls), the average age was 8.7 +/- 188 years with a diagnosis of ATD determined earlier. The assessment was carried out by a dermatologist with SCORAD scale. A comparison of the shares was used for the analysis of qualitative features, (chi-square test with Yeats correction for continuity). Results: Neurosis-like disorders in the form of thikoid hyperkinesis, stuttering, enuresis, encopresis, sleep and appetite disorders among children in the main group were noted in 80.6% of cases (n = 62), among children in the control group - in 13.3% of cases (n = thirty). In more than half of cases, children with ATD had dissominal disorders (66.7%, n = 62). Conclusions: Neuropsychiatric symptoms in children with atopic dermatitis are due to the action of exogenous organic factors pathogenic for the central nervous system in the early stages of ontogenesis. Sensory and motor deprivation of a child at an early age (up to 3 years), which inevitably occurs due to the manifestation of somatic suffering, aggravates the formation of neuropsychological deficiency and the structuring of residual cerebroorganic symptoms.