- Getting the teacher on side: Telling a school or nursery teacher about your child's eczema and the steps you are taking to avoid flare ups. - Get your child involved: Sitting down as a family to make a chart of things you will all do every day, every week and every month to prevent flare ups. - Get the right treatment: Working closely with your child's doctor and nurses to monitor how effectively a treatment is working and ensure it is used correctly. Some treatments are designed to be used regularly to prevent flare ups from happening, while others are used for a shorter period of time to treat a flare up and help the skin to heal.

The UK National Eczema Society's Chief Executive, Margaret Cox, commented that, "Watching your child claw at their raw itching skin until it bleeds is devastating: you feel powerless and alone. For the millions of children who have eczema, it doesn't have to be like this. If you know how to use your treatments, the condition does usually improve. And by equipping parents with the knowledge they need to help to prevent their child's eczema flare ups, we can dramatically improve a family's quality of life. We welcome these simple but essential steps to help parents cope. It is vital that parents have the correct information about managing eczema in a readily understood format if we are to truly tackle the daily misery that eczema brings in its wake."

SOURCE Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd.