Excoriation Disorder
Excoriation disorder (also referred to as chronic skin-picking or dermatillomania) is a mental illness related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is characterized by repeated picking at one’s own skin which results in skin lesions and causes significant disruption in one’s life.
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Wiki Number: W077
Diagnosis: Excoriation Disorder (See Entry W060, “Dermotillomania.” No differences were identified.)
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- Therapeutic effectiveness of upadacitinib on individual types of rash in Japanese patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitisby Teppei Hagino on September 4, 2023
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic eczematous disease with various types of rash, erythema, edema/papulation, excoriation, or lichenification. Janus kinase 1 inhibitor upadacitinib is effective for moderate-to-severe AD. We aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of upadacitinib on each rash type in AD patients in real-world clinical practice. Seventy-two Japanese patients with moderate-to-severe AD were treated with oral upadacitinib 15 mg/day plus topical corticosteroids. The Eczema Area...
- Reconstruction of Scalp Wounds in Patients With Excoriation Disorderby Anoosh Bahraini on August 29, 2023
Excoriation or skin picking disorder is described as compulsive picking of the skin that cannot be explained by an underlying dermatological condition. There are unfortunately no clear guidelines in the literature for reconstruction of wounds in this patient population. The authors describe the cases of 2 patients with the skin picking disorder who underwent free flap reconstruction for scalp wounds, which were complicated by wound recurrence due to manipulation of the surgical site. The...
- Self-care treatment for lymphoedema of lymphatic filariasis using integrative medicineby Saravu R Narahari on August 24, 2023
CONCLUSION: IM for lower limb lymphoedema successfully reduces limb volume and episodes of cellulitis, BEEPs leading to improved HQoL. It aligns with the WHO's LF treatment goals. It is a low-cost predominantly self-care management protocol. It can potentially change care models and improve lymphoedema patients' lives.
- Conjunctival infiltrates and cytokines in an experimental immune-mediated blepharoconjunctivitis rat modelby Aihua Hou on July 14, 2023
CONCLUSION: A robust BC response was detected in this rat model which was suppressed by corticosteroid pre-treatment. Immune cell composition and cytokine profiles changed over time.