[Therapy of occupational skin diseases].

Hand eczema is one of the most frequent skin diseases. About 5-10% of population has chronic hand eczema. In addition, hand eczema accounts for more than 90% of occupational skin diseases. The therapy of hand eczema is expensive and often leads to a loss in quality of life. The therapy is complex, not always successful and can lead in the worst case to the patient being forced to give up or change their profession. We review the therapeutic options to treat occupational hand eczema.