Introduction: Atopic dermatitis, also called atopic eczema or neurodermitis, is a chronic, recurrent, non-communicable inflammatory skin disease characterised by severe itching. It is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of infants aged 3 months, occurs in approximately 20% of the infant population. Typical is the onset of the disease in early childhood, with more than 60% of infants first icing symptoms as early as a year, and 85% of children get sick up to 5 years of life. Most of the affected babies have sensitive, dry and finely flaming skin all their lives. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis was to present atopic dermatitis in infants and its specificities, on the basis of a review of domestic and foreign literature, and to highlight the role of nurses. In doing so, we set ourselves a goal, answering the three research questions Methods: A descriptive method of working with an overview of scientific and professional and domestic and foreign literature on atopic dermatitis in infants and the role of nurses was used. The literature search took place between August and December 2020, via international databases: PubMed, Science Direct, via the Digital Library portal of the University of Ljubljana DiKUL and through the Google Scholar web browser. The inclusion criteria were: literature written between 2010 and 2020, access to the full text, English and Slovenian language and the appropriateness of the content of the article according to the title of the thesis. Exceptionally, we only used older sources when they were relevant. Results: Studies show that infants with atopic dermatitis usually have problems with itching, pain, fatigue, and insomnia is also the result of all this. In order to reduce the severity and course of the disease itself, breastfeeding is recommended, avoiding allergen food, and in particular appropriate skin care of the infant is important. In all of this, nurses who itch for professional and proper skin care play an important role. Last but not least, it plays a major role in teaching parents how they can take on the role of nurses in their home environment. Discussion and conclusion: Our findings have shown that itching for the infant is an adverse event and his health deteriorates. At the site, the skin is painful, red, swollen, dry, cracked, sore pain is also formed, leading to infection and consequently pain. Insomnia also occurs in all of this. Here, the authors of the single opinion that insomnia can have negative consequences on the infant, including neuro-congestive functions, behavioral problems and altered mood. In order to alleviate the problems as much as possible, infant skin care is recommended, according to the recommendations of the nurses. Thus, by teaching health education about atopic skin care, the nurse can help to increase the confidence and competence of the infant's parents in skin care and disease control. In addition to this task, it also plays an important role in theoretical and practical teaching on proper nutrition and skin care.
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