APPENDICES
A.1 List of Emollients and bath additives
Generic (un-branded) emollients:
* Aqueous cream
* Emulsifying ointment
Branded emollients:
* Aquaphor
* Aquadrate (contains urea)
* Calmurid (contains urea)
* Cream E45
* Diprobase cream or ointment
* Eucerin (contains lanolin)
* NeutrogenaOilatum Cream
* Sudocrem (contains antiseptic)
* Shepard’s Lotion
* Ultrabase
* Unguentum Merck ointment
Bath additives:
* Aveeno Bath Oil
* Balneum
* Balneum Plus (contains anti-pruritic)
* Bath E45
* Diprobath
* Emulsiderm
* Oilatum
* Oilatum Plus (contains antibacterial additives)
A.2 List of steroid preparations, in order of strength
Corticosteroids can be split into four groups:
* Mild
* Moderately Potent
* Potent
* Very Potent
Mild steroids include:
* Hydrocortisone
* Synalar 1 in 10
There are also very many proprietary preparations containing hydrocortisone, such as Hydrocortisyl and Dioderm.
Moderately potent steroids include:
* Calmurid HC
* Eumovate
* Betnovate-RD
* Synalar 1 in 4
Potent steroids include:
* Betnovate
* Locoid
* Synalar
* Nerisone
* Topilar
Very Potent steroids include:
* Dermovate
* Nerisone Forte
* Halciderm
A.3 Suppliers of cotton clothing
Cotton On Ltd
Monmouth Place
Bath
BA1 2NP
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01225 461155
Fax: 01225 461464
Cotton On Ltd was founded by Dorothy Clark following her own difficulty in finding suitable clothing for her own child with eczema.
Overseas orders accepted.
HJ Sock Group Ltd
Coventry Road
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 0JX
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01455 610610
Fax: 01455 610535
Manufacture “HJ Softops” 65% cotton socks which stay up without the use of elastic.
They are available from leading department stores in the United Kingdom such as Debenhams, C&A (under Canda brand), John Lewis Partnership, Dunn & Co Menswear, Greenwoods.
They are also available from mail order companies such as: GUS (Kays), Grattan and Freemans.
Friends of the Earth
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01672 542266
Friends of the Earth, in partnership with “The Green Store”, produce a mail order catalogue which contains a range of unbleached cotton clothing. The catalogue also contains products such as cleaning products free from enzymes and phosphates.
Vermont Country Store
Telephone: 802 362 2400.
Produce the “Voice of the Mountains” catalog containing, amongst other things, cotton gloves.
A.4 Mail order suppliers of vitamins and other supplements
Biocare
Lakeside
180 Lifford Lane
Kings Norton
Birmingham
B30 3NT
England
Telephone: 0121 433 3727
Fax: 0121 433 3879
E-mail: 100574.1017@compuserve.com
Nature’s Best
1 Lamberts Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN2 3EQ
England
Telephone: 01892 552117
Fax: 01892 515863
Goldshield Healthcare Direct
PO Box 1000
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 6ZY
England
Telephone: 01787 884433
Fax: 01892 880866
A.5 Other suppliers
W.L. Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd
Church Gate
Church Street West
Woking
Surrey
GU21 1DJ
United Kingdom
Telephone: 0483 756615
Suppliers of Intervent Bedding System for control of house-dust mite.
Self Care Catalog
PO Box 182290
Chattanooga
Tennessee 37422
USA
Telephone: 800-345-3371
E-mail: slfcare@aol.com
Products for healthy living: anti-allergy clothes, gadgets, creams, etc.
National Allergy Supply, Inc.
4400 Abbotts Bridge Road
P.O. Box 1658
Duluth
GA 30136
USA
Telephone: 800 522 1448
Call or write to receive the “Allergy Relief Catalog”
Acme United
Telephone: 203 332 7330
Suppliers of Tubifast wet wraps in the USA.
Contact: Jon Wheeler
Person & Covey, Inc.
616 Allen Avenue
P.O. Box 25018
Glendale
CA 91221-5018
USA
Telephone: 1-800-423-2341 or 818 240-1030
Fax: 818 547-9821
Call for a brochure and free samples of irritant-free products such as moisturiser and shampoo.
Camilla Hepper Sales Ltd
51 St Mary’s Street
Wallingford
Oxon
OX10 0EY
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01491 826196
Fax: 01491 826009
Suppliers of “Herbal Healing” shampoo, for eczema and other skin problems.
Aru Herbal Products
Beachside Flat
Eastcliff
Porthtowan
Cornwall
TR4 8AW
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01209 891261
E-mail: aru@dial.pipex.com
US distributor:
Brian Katzen
25 Via Lucce
Suite No. G414
Irvine
CA 92715
USA
Telephone: 714 553 2442
Priorities
USA
Telephone: 800 553 5398
Suppliers of products for allergy sufferers.
National Allergy Supply, Inc
Duluth
GA
USA
Telephone: 800-522-1448 (24 hours, Monday – Saturday)
Discount allergy supplier.
A.6 Other useful addresses
British Association of Dermatologists
3 St Andrew’s Place
Regent’s Park
London
NW1 4LB
United Kingdom
Telephone: 0171-935 8576
NIAMS (National Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases)
Bethesda
Maryland
USA
Telephone: 301 495 4484
Call or write to receive a free informative packet on eczema.
A.7 Abbreviations and Glossary
AD Atopic Dermatitis (another name for Atopic Eczema)
CHT Chinese Herb Therapy
E Eczema
EFA Essential Fatty Acid
EPD Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization
EPO Evening Primrose Oil
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
GBP Pounds sterling
GLA Gamma Linolenic Acid (a fatty acid found in EPO)
NEASE National Eczema Association for Science and Education (USA)
NES National Eczema Society (UK)
RAST Radio-AllergoSorbant Test (a type of allergy test)
OTC Over The Counter (non-prescription)
USD US Dollars
Dx Diagnosis
Px Prevention
Rx Prescription
Sx Symptoms
Tx Treatment
Melaleuca = tea tree oil
9Soft paraffin = petroleum jelly = Vaseline
