Research shows that adult atopic patients are 2.5 times more likely to improve their symptoms if they consistently perform high-intensity exercise in which they are short of breath or the heart is beating very quickly.
As a result of an analysis of 348 adults with atopic dermatitis in their 20s and 30s (experienced by doctors) who participated in the 2016-2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey, the National Medical Center’s family medicine research team analyzed whether atopic symptoms were relieved.
The results of this study (an analysis of factors related to the improvement of atopic dermatitis in adults in their 20s and 30s: the 7th National Health and Nutrition Survey 2016-2018) were published in the recent issue of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine and introduced by the Korea Food Communication Forum.
42% (146) of adult atopy patients in the study responded that “there is no atopy at the moment”, confirming that their symptoms improved. The remaining 58% (202 patients) did not improve atopic symptoms.
It was found that the likelihood of improvement of atopy symptoms increased when they enjoyed medium-high-intensity physical activity or medium-high-intensity leisure activities. Adults who had high-intensity physical activities with a lot of breath, heart beating very quickly, or moderate-intensity physical activities with a little short breath or heart beating slightly were 2.5 times and 1.2 times more likely to be in symptom improvement, respectively.
Similarly, adults who engage in high-intensity and moderate-intensity physical activity in leisure activities were 1.5 times and 2.0 times more likely to have improved atopic symptoms than adults who did not. The number of walking days and strength training days each week had no correlation with whether or not the atopy improved. Physical activity may contribute to normalizing immunoglobulin (IgE) levels elevated by atopy, the researchers analyzed.
Less stress and getting enough sleep were also predicted to contribute to the relief of adult atopic symptoms. Adult atopic patients with severe stress were 1.7 times more likely to belong to the group with no improvement in atopic symptoms than those with less stress.
The research team said in the paper, “Atopic patients have relatively high depression, anxiety, anxiety, and stress, so it is known that mental health is an important factor in the occurrence of atopy.” In the previous study, 20% of atopic patients suffer from depression, and He pointed out that there was a high tendency to use antidepressants and suicide.”
Adult atopic patients are known to have poor sleep quality and lack of sleep time, such as having difficulty falling asleep due to itching and pain, and having difficulty maintaining sleep. Men rather than women and unmarried people were more likely to belong to atopic symptom improvement group. The average age of the atopic symptom improvement group was less than that of the non-resisting group. Meanwhile, 85% of all patients with atopic dermatitis develop in children (under 5 years of age). Of these, 25% last to adults.
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