Editing Dermatitis (section)

==Terminology==
{{Anchor|Terminology}}<!--Retain an anchor called "Terminology" at this discussion, because various wikilinks elsewhere (e.g., WP, WT) point to anchor "Terminology" on this page.-->The terms ''dermatitis'' and ''eczema'' are sometimes used synonymously.<ref name="Ned2012" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Dermatitis and eczema |url=https://icd.who.int/browse/2024-01/mms/en#1887882424 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics}}</ref> However the term eczema is often used to specifically mean [[atopic dermatitis]] (also known as atopic eczema).<ref name="Clinic2011">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bershad SV |date=November 2011 |title=In the clinic. Atopic dermatitis (eczema) |journal=Annals of Internal Medicine |volume=155 |issue=9 |pages=ITC51–15; quiz ITC516 |doi=10.7326/0003-4819-155-9-201111010-01005 |pmid=22041966 |s2cid=207536375}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Terminology might also differ according to countries. In some languages, dermatitis and eczema mean the same thing, while in other languages dermatitis implies an acute condition and eczema a chronic one.<ref name="RingPrzybilla2006">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTktMX60bPwC&pg=PA4 |title=Handbook of atopic eczema |vauthors=Ring J, Przybilla B, Ruzicka T |publisher=Birkhäuser |year=2006 |isbn=978-3-540-23133-2 |page=4 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref><!--To say that the terms "dermatitis" and "eczema" are widely considered trivially interchangeable ([[cognitive synonymy]]) in English is inaccurate versus real-world usage as of 2021, as confirmed by definitions in various major dictionaries, which either explicitly define eczema as hyponymous to [that is, any of various types of] or entirely ignore the question of synonymy or hyponymy versus "dermatitis"; however, it is true that when one analyzes those definitions critically with an eye toward [[operational definition]]s, one is left without clear distinction, as the aspects of inflammation, pruritus, and either exogenous or endogenous provoking agent all can apply to either term, and thus autoimmune components are not excluded from either.-->