Dermatology News

Patients with skin allergies who wear certain types of face masks may experience adverse events, according to a presenter at this year’s virtual American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Joint care by a dermatologist, rheumatologist and other specialists can mitigate the “accelerated trajectory of comorbidities” that can often happen in patients with psoriatic disease, according to a presenter at ACR 2020.

Among patients with psoriatic arthritis, daily upadacitinib doses of either 15 or 30 mg improved musculoskeletal symptoms, psoriasis, physical function, pain, fatigue and radiographic progression, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence.

While the rheumatology community often finds itself behind other specialties in head-to-head trials of drugs or drug classes, new data may help clinicians in decision-making, according to a presenter at ACR 2020.

Therapeutic drug monitoring, in which treatments were individually assessed and reviewed, failed to improve remission for patients with a variety of rheumatic diseases who started infliximab, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence.

In a real-world cohort of more than 2,000 U.S. patients with psoriatic arthritis, most had multidomain presentations, which were associated with worse disease activity, quality of life and work productivity, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

Psoriatic arthritis and gout often present with similar symptoms and radiological signs, an overlap that may be more significant when these diseases occur concomitantly, noted a presenter at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.

A previously healthy 3-year-old female presents with a rash consisting of numerous vesicles and open lesions.

Skin and soft tissue infections are characterized by invasion of a bacterial pathogen. The type of skin infection correlates with the depth of skin involvement.

Wearing a mask has become a normal aspect of life for many in the U.S. because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many students going back to school, masks have been required for in-person instruction.