When the disease starts in infancy it is sometimes termed infantile eczema.

Atopic dermatitis is also known as infantile eczema, when it occurs in infants.

Exclusive breastfeeding seems to reduce the incidence of allergies, especially allergic infantile eczema.

Infantile eczema; Atopic eczema; Dermatitis - atopic Eczema is most common in infants, and at least half of those cases clear by age 3.

Infantile eczema may continue into childhood and adolescence and it often involves an oozing, crusting rash mainly on the scalp and face, although it can occur anywhere on the body.

A double blind study performed on 2500 pregnant women in Uganda showed that infants of the women treated with anthelminthic medication for worm infections had double the rate of doctor-diagnosed infantile eczema.

It has been given names like "prurigo Besnier," "neurodermitis," "endogenous eczema," "flexural eczema," "infantile eczema," and "prurigo diathésique".