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Case Reports
. 1994;25(5):333-6.

Dependence on very hot hot-spring bathing in a refractory case of atopic dermatitis

K Kubota  1 , K Tamura, H Take, H Kurabayashi, M Mori, T Shirakura
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Case Reports

Dependence on very hot hot-spring bathing in a refractory case of atopic dermatitis

K Kubota et al. J Med. 1994.

Abstract

A 21-year-old female with atopic dermatitis showed "dependence" on very hot hot-spring bathing. Her skin disease had been refractory to various treatments including steroid therapy for a long time. Without medical supervision she took four 3-minute 47 degrees C hot-spring baths daily for a month for the purpose of improving her skin symptom. Subsequently, she could not stop bathing in very hot hot-spring water of her own will. However, a month's isolation in a hospital relieved her of the situation. The mechanism of the dependence on very hot hot-spring bathing may be explained by a transient rise in the plasma beta-endorphin level due to hyperthermal stress.

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