‘Eczema Matters: EOS in conversation with Dr Alpa Kanji’
Eczema Outreach Support met on Zoom for our webinar ‘Eczema Matters: EOS in conversation with Dr Alpa Kanji’.
During this free event, Dr Kanji shared her experience of treating children with eczema covering different treatment options, allergies and helpful hints and tips on managing the condition. There was also be a Q&A session.
Dr Kanji is currently a registrar at Imperial NHS Trust and an honorary clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College, London. Dr Kanji understands the profound impact eczema can have on families and is passionate about helping them to manage the condition.
This webinar was part of Eczema Outreach Support’s World Atopic Eczema Day celebrations and was completely free to attend for both our members and non-members. If you missed the event, you can watch it here.
Amy’s eczema story was printed in the Liverpool Echo to coincide with World Atopic Eczema Day.
Amy, a member of Eczema Outreach Support’s Youth Panel shared her journey from being diagnosed as an infant to now studying medicine at St Andrew’s University and hoping to become a dermatologist one day.
She said: “I hadn’t heard about EOS when I was a child but it could have made a big difference to my life.
“You can feel very alone, like the only person in the world with eczema and have to deal with a lot of misconceptions. People would tell me I will grow out of it, or that this wonder cream will cure it but that isn’t the case.
“I’d even get children refusing to hold my hand if I had a flare up because they thought it was contagious.
“I often felt doctors didn’t understand me and belittled what I was going through so I want to become a doctor and make sure my patients are receiving the best possible care.
“Experiencing eczema myself and being around dermatology departments and clinical trials has definitely influenced my career path and I’m just keen to get out there and help people.”
