Skin Diseases Induced by Other Skin Diseases: The Boomerang Phenomenon

Skin diseases in athletes

Sports and the development of nations are very much intertwined. Sports dermatology is a growing discipline. Athletes’ skin diseases are a distinct group of diseases, and that repetitive physical activity combined with environmental stressors puts the athlete at the highest level of risk.The purpose of this study is to equip physicians with basic knowledge of skin diseases in athletes. Lack of ...

Psychosomatic skin diseases

Background: Thirty to forty percent of the patients referred to dermatologic clinics are estimated to have psychiatric problems. These patients either are those who have developed dermatologic problems as a consequence of their primary psychiatric disorders or those who have developed psychiatric disorders following their chronic and disfiguring dermatologic problems. The third group are psycho...

Skin diseases induced by Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the main infectious agents encountered in the field of dermatology, and is an aggravating factor in numerous chronic dermatoses. A large number of toxins, virulence factors and resistance mechanisms make S. aureus a potentially life-threatening bacteria, thus confronting the treating dermatologist with therapeutic difficulties.The classification of de...

Psoriasis and Other Erythematous Skin Diseases

Psoriasis and Other Erythematous Skin Diseases