With temperatures beginning to climb and Mr Sunshine slowly rearing his head, a lot of you’ll quickly be seeking to don these vest tops and make a begin in your summer time tan.
Nonetheless, an article in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International – the German Medical Affiliation’s official science journal – reveals that reasonably than gaining a wholesome glow, one in ten of us reacts to daylight by creating eczema.
A part of a bunch of problems generally known as photodermatitis, this uncommon response is attributable to hypersensitivity to UV-A reasonably than UV-B gentle (the sort that causes sunburn).
For extra info on photodermatoses and methods to deal with them, learn Percy Lehmann and Thomas Schwarz’s full article.
