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LinkedIn Live – World Atopic Eczema Day

12/09/2022 by Ruth Holroyd Leave a Comment

This week is National Eczema Awareness Week and I’ll be going live on LinkedIn on Wednesday 14th September at 4pm UK time, with my lovely friend and eczema blogger Ashley Wall who writes the Itchin since 87 blog.

Join me on LinkedIn Live for World Atopic Eczema Day

What is atopic eczema?

Atopic eczema is one of the most prevalent skin conditions globally, affecting over 230 million people worldwide. It is often dismissed as “just a skin condition,” and patients’ needs are not addressed in a supportive and timely manner.

Atopic eczema – also known as atopic dermatitis (AD) – is more than itchy skin. It is a complex, multidimensional condition that impacts mental health, impacts daily life, and places an immense burden on patients and caregivers.

Join us on LinkedIn, Wednesday 14th September at 4pm (BST)

The aim of the LinkedIn live session is to raise awareness of the impact and burden of this condition, we are truly honoured to join Merakoi and Ashley Wall for a lively discussion about this topic.

The subject will be “Inside Atopic Eczema: More than ‘just’ a skin condition!” and I’m so excited to speak with Ashley and the Merakoi team. You all know it’s one my favourite subjects!

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About Ashley Wall, Itchin since 87.

Ashley Wall

Ashley Wall is a writer, consultant, and eczema patient advocate who’s battled this skin condition for three decades.

As an eczema warrior, she’s had the pleasure of speaking on stage in front of a pharmaceutical crowd of 300 industry leaders, interviewing celebrities such as BAFTA award winner Peter Moffat, and attending leading events through her advocacy work.

She’s extremely passionate about helping suffering patients and hopes to see eczema disappear within her lifetime.


About me! Ruth Holroyd, blogger and author

Ruth Holroyd is an author, blogger, and patient advocate.

Ruth Holroyd's books

She writes about allergies, anaphylaxis, asthma, eczema, and topical steroid withdrawal on her award-winning blog www.whatallergy.com.

She won the Free From Food Awards Hero Award 2021 and has written two books. ‘Anaphylaxis: The Essential Guide: An Action Plan For Living With Life-Threatening Allergies’ which focuses on anxiety and fear and how to live with the daily challenge of living with a life limiting condition.

Her second book, The Shape of Skin, is a poetry book for people with eczema, psoriasis and sensitive skin.

But enough about me… if you’re interested and can make it, please do join us on Wednesday for this Linkedin Live to champion World Atopic Eczema Day – Click here to sign up for Inside Atopic Eczema: More than just a skin condition.

Who are Merakoi?

Merakoi are a wonderful organisation who I’m proud to have been working with now for about a year. They work in between the pharmaceutical companies and the patient – Enabling successful patient expert and healthcare company collaboration. The team are so friendly, welcoming and inclusive and I enjoy getting together every month with other patient advocates with other medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, cancer and Irritable Bowel Disease, to name just a few. I’ve worked with them on focus groups, helping their experts really understand the patient and their daily lived experience.

I wrote a blog for them last month entitled, How to get the most out of your dermatology appointment which I thoroughly enjoyed writing, and which could be applied to any patient anywhere with any medical condition. The idea being we all need to become experts in our own condition to advocate for the best care.

Book your place for World Atopic Eczema Day!

To book your place to join us in our discussion about all things eczema, click on the button below:

#InsideAtopicEczema

Book your place now!

Get involved with World Eczema Day

If you want to get involved with raising awareness about World Eczema Day on Wednesday 14th September, visit https://www.efanet.org/campaigns/world-atopic-eczema-day/join

You can download a toolkit to help you with images and logos.

As part of our campaign to show the inside of atopic eczema they are calling on patients, carers, and healthcare professionals to join in by turning our clothes inside out to make atopic eczema visible. When people living with atopic eczema face itching and discomfort every day, even wearing clothes can become unbearable on their sensitive skin. We want to bring the community together and give attention to the everyday burden in our Inside Out action. I’m not sure I quite get this… but maybe I’ll do it on the day.

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About Ruth Holroyd

Author of 'Anaphylaxis: The Essential Guide: An Action Plan For Living With Life-Threatening Allergies' and 'The Shape of Skin, both available as paperback or Kindle on Amazon. Ruth is a Writer, Blogger and Patient Expert in allergies, asthma, anaphylaxis, eczema and topical steroid withdrawal.

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