Category: Sociology

Understanding atopic dermatitis and factors that leads to its rise

By Avishek Majumder & Priya Chetty on January 23, 2019 No Comments

Atopic dermatitis (eczema), an immune-mediated skin disease, continues to exhibit rising prevalence trends around the globe. As shown in the previous article, the worldwide patterns of the disease occurrence tend not to show any decline. The atopic dermatitis burden has also been stipulated to be on the rise due to associations with a number of co-morbidities.

 

Health insurance policies play an important role in managing allergy

By Avishek Majumder & Abhinash on January 9, 2019 No Comments

The health insurance policies help in controlling the mortality rate occurring from different diseases as well as allergic conditions. It has been constituted that at least 20% of the total Indian population suffer from different allergic conditions. On the other hand, 30% of the allergic population die due to lack of accessibility to medications and treatments.