A patient in the clinic is diagnosed with dermatitis. The patient states that a previous healthcare professional diagnosed eczema. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
A)"Both are general terms for a specific inflammatory response in the skin."
B)"Eczema is an older, outdated term. The preferred term is dermatitis."
C)"No, it's not eczema. Eczema has yellowish scaly plaques."
D)"If it were eczema, it would have blisters that go away on their own."

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The most common inflammatory disorder of the skin is eczema, or dermatitis. Eczema and dermatitis are general terms that describe a particular type of inflammatory response in the skin-these terms can be used interchangeably. Yellowish scaly plaques are seen in seborrheic dermatitis. Self-limiting blisters can be seen in bullous pemphigoid.

A Patient in the Clinic Is Diagnosed with Dermatitis