Bullous pemphigoid is a potentially debilitating autoimmune bullous disease presenting with urticarial plaques, subepidermal bullae, erosions, and pruritus, classically in elderly individuals. This ...

Clinical measurements of skin-related quality of life (SRQL) may aid in detecting critical disease severity information. Skin-related quality of life (SRQL) may be associated with flare-ups in ...

Autoimmune bullous disorders constitute a group of rare but potentially life‐threatening dermatological conditions marked by the production of pathogenic autoantibodies directed against structural ...

A 55-year-old man presents to the clinic with multiple tense bullae diffusely involving his trunk and extremities that overlie urticarial plaques. The patient states that for the past 4 weeks, his ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The skin condition bullous pemphigoid may be more likely to develop in adults with type 2 diabetes who use ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old woman who is in otherwise good health, but I was diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid, a rare autoimmune disease, in January 2022. I have been treated by three ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have had an autoimmune disease called bullous pemphigoid for the past four years. I originally was treated with prednisone therapy for over a year, which was then tapered and changed ...

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a condition that affects the skin with an autoimmune etiology. It is often seen in those over the age of 80 and the prevalence is even higher in elderly people with ...

Bullous pemphigoid (BP), usually seen in the elderly, is the most common autoimmune blistering disease. The various clinical presentations of BP, similar and associated diseases, and the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is a well-established body of evidence cataloguing the co-occurrence of autoimmune disorders. Patients ...

Swab the lesions for bacterial and viral cultures. Initiate a sepsis workup and start antibiotics. Do a skin biopsy and treat the lesions with chlorhexidine. Prescribe corticosteroids. Because this ...