Diabetes is the most common endocrine disorder found in primary care, affecting 8.3% of the population. Skin disorders are found in 79.2% of people with diabetes and mostly in type 2 diabetes. The most common skin manifestations are cutaneous infections (47.5%), xerosis (dry skin) (26.4%),...
Diabetes is a debilitating, life-threatening disease accounting in 2015 for the death of 5 million people worldwide. According to new estimations, 415 million adults currently suffer from the disease, and this number is expected to rise to 642 million by 2040. High glucose blood levels also aff...
necrobiosis lipoidica,necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum- skin disease marked by thin shiny patches (especially on the legs); often associated with diabetes mellitus pemphigus- a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane ...
MASD is characterized by inflammation of the skin, occurring with or without erosion or secondary cutaneous infection. Multiple conditions may result in MASD; 4 of the most common forms are incontinence-associated dermatitis, intertriginous dermatitis, periwound moisture-associated dermatitis, and peri...
Although PI events in the present study were defined as the first occurrence of depression, anxiety, or suicidality, many patients ultimately developed more than one of these conditions. The distribution of depression, anxiety, and suicidality in patients with psoriasis and control participants was sim...
Circadian variation of biomarker levels23 were not taken into account, due to logistic constraints associated with the CHECK cohort. AGE measurement in skin, cartilage, and urine Pentosidine was used as a measure of AGEs. Pentosidine in the skin and cartilage were measured as described previously10...
Women were asked whether a physician had ever told them that they had any of the following 6 chronic medical conditions: diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, anemia or iron deficiency, asthma, and/or cancer. Questions about history of smoking (categorized as [1] current smoker or [2] ex-...
efficiently. Nanoparticles provide target- and site-specific delivery because of their ability to pass through physiological barriers. The nanoparticles also enhance the effectiveness of drugs at low dosages and facilitate the management of chronic conditions by reducing adverse effects [27,28,29,30,31...
This chapter also describes the most important psychodermatoses encompassing skin conditions associated with an underlying psychiatric component. Knowledge and recognition of the clinical features of skin lesions as indicators of associated diseases and psychiatric disorders is useful for dermatologists, but...
The skin function is affected by external factors, such as lifestyles and working conditions [67]. Among known factors, temperature may be probably the most important. The optimum temperature for human enzymes, including skin biotransformation enzymes [12, 68], is about 37 °C. The activity of...