Recently, overuse of steroids and immunosuppressive drugs has produced incurable dermatological health problems. Traditional medical approaches have been studied for alternative solutions. However, accessing relevant information is difficult given the differences in information for western medicine (WM) and traditional medicine (TM). Therefore, an integrated medical information infrastructure m...

BACKGROUND Dermatological problems are common, but in undergraduate medical courses time for learning dermatology and teaching dermatology is limited. The Delphi technique has been used in other specialties to define undergraduate and postgraduate curricula and to reach consensus on what is important. OBJECTIVES To identify the core dermatological content of the undergraduate medical curricul...

The intense pulsed light (IPL) and laser technologies are widely used for skin rejuvenation and for treating several dermatological disorders such as skin dyschromia and acne, and for non-ablative dermal remodeling of rhytides and hypertrophic scars. Technological evolution is rapid. The High Power Pulsed Light™ [HPPL™] and Incoherent Fast Light™ technologies [IFL™, Novavision Group S.p.A., 208...

Dermatological complications of amiodarone are commonly encountered problems in therapy. The incidence in the population of patients with prolonged use of amiodarone reaches nearly 75% according to various sources. Nevertheless, they are often misdiagnosed or overlooked. The aim of this review is to present the current state of knowledge about skin changes induced by amiodarone, including photo...

We assessed the frequency of, reasons for and the most common dermatological problems resulting from misuse of topical corticosteroids. We used a questionnaire and skin examination to study patients presenting at the dermatological centre, AI-Sadr Teaching Hospital, Al-Najaf, Iraq during the period March 2001-April 2002. Of 1780 new patients, 140 (7.9%) had misused topical corticosteroids. Abou...

A case of systemic mastocytosis is described in which the finding on initial presentation was hepatosplenomegaly. No dermatological abnormality was present, and the bone marrow histology originally caused some confusion with primary myelofibrosis. The clinical course and the importance of distinguishing between these two diseases is discussed. The dermatological manifestation of systemic mastoc...

© 2016 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-2217 Journal Compilation © 2016 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Dermatologists are increasingly confronted with frail, institutionalized elderly patients, as the world population is ageing rapidly and demand for permanent healthcare institutions is growing (1, 2). Skin problems are common among institutionalized elderly people and can have a ...

Pediatric dermatology deals with diseases of skin from birth to adolescence including neonatal period (from birth to 1 month), infancy (1 month to 2 years), childhood (2 to 12 years), and adolescence (12 to 18 years). Each period has specific dermatological diseases and problems. Dermatological problems account for 30% of all outpatient visits to a pediatrician. Further, around one third of all...

We report the development, design, and results of effectiveness and acceptability testing of a hydrating, nutritive, barrier-type hand cream designed for severely damaged skin (including skin damaged by dermatological problems). We tested different silicone derivatives and a water-in-oil (W/O) silicone emulsifier to produce organoleptic qualities that would increase consumer acceptance of this ...