Recognizing Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Children: Expert Pearls at AAD 2025
JiaDe Yu, MD, shares key takeaways from his presentation on pediatric allergic contact dermatitis.
"Pediatric allergic contact dermatitis occurs a lot more often than we think it does. The estimates are about 20% of children have some sort of pediatric allergic contact dermatitis," JiaDe Yu, MD, said to Patient Care Online during an interview at the 2025 American Academy of Dermatology Conference in Orlando, Florida. Dr Yu—the director of the Contact Dermatitis Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital—spoke with Patient Care about his presentation given at the meeting that focused on pediatric allergic contact dermatitis, including its existence, differentiation from atopic dermatitis, and challenging cases that he has seen in his own clinic. In the video above, Dr Yu shares key takeaways from his presentation for clinicians.
