The kid and red mouth

[jschwab]

The skin is our most obvious organ with the largest surface area, so it's natural for diseases involving it to be more constantly at attention. Atopy is comorbid with allergies.

Not sure what you are trying to say?

[CMdeux]

Oh, I think probably just that we always think allergy with skin involvement when the person has known atopy in play.

Most of us have done it with our kids our selves at one point or another.  More myopically still, we here (because of FA's being in the picture) tend to think FOOD allergy rather than other kinds of allergy, even.

Took me forever to figure out that DD was responding to the high mold levels in the historic building I worked in when she was 5-7yo, for example.  I kept looking for a food-related cause.

[twinturbo]

That we pay attention to it more so it's natural to associate anything skin with allergies because the triangle of atopy, asthma and allergies are comorbid. After all, we do need to include it as part of ruling out potential causes.

[jschwab]

That we pay attention to it more so it's natural to associate anything skin with allergies because the triangle of atopy, asthma and allergies are comorbid. After all, we do need to include it as part of ruling out potential causes.

OK, gotcha.