But it can become a lifelong affliction if the patient is unable to stop scratching, allowing other allergens, such as yellow staphylococci, molds, and dust mites to enter the body.
但如果忍不住搔癢，皮膚抓破皮，金黃色葡萄球菌、黴菌、塵 (等伺機而入，讓細菌本身變成新的過敏原，在食物過敏外又增加了對髒空氣的過敏，如此惡性循環的結果，異位性皮膚炎可能一輩子揮之不去。