Severe Psoriasis Presenting in 3-Year-Old Child With Nail Dystrophy
psoriasis Severe Psoriasis Presenting in 3-Year-Old Child With Nail Dystrophy: Response to Biologic Treatment Danielle Rinck MDa, Elaine Siegfried MDb aBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA | bSaint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO J Drugs Dermatol. 2022;21(8):897-899. doi:10.36849/JDD.6888   A previously healthy 3-year-old boy presented to our Pediatric Derm …
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Valacyclovir Therapeutic Cheat Sheet
ValacyclovirHerpesviridae is a family of ubiquitous viral pathogens leading to a wide array of diseases in humans, and includes viruses such as herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2), herpes/varicella zoster virus (VZV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes viruses 6 (HHV-6), 7 (HHV-7) and 8 (HHV-8). Mucocutaneous herpetic infections are frequently encountered in dermatology, and s …
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Pop Quiz #208
The correct answer is A. Liver abnormalities. The image shows Aplasia cutis (see image Figure 3.1.11 in DIR). This condition can rarely be associated with bony abnormalities, skeletal abnormalities, brain malformations, cleft lip, and syndactyly. Liver abnormalities are not a known association with aplasia cutis A. Liver abnormalities are not known to be associated with aplasia cutis – …
Omalizumab Therapeutic Cheat Sheet
OmalizumabChronic idiopathic urticaria is urticaria for greater than 6 weeks without an identifiable trigger. Cases relapse in 20% of patients for more than 5 years and be difficult to manage; however, omalizumab is a recently approved option for treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria showing beneficial outcomes.1 Omalizumab is an injectable monoclonal antibody that has been FDA approved not just for chr …
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Skincare Mondays | Improving Quality of Life for Eczema Patients
eczemaAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin condition characterized by pruritus, inflammation, and acute flare-ups of eczematous lesions over dry skin.1 The wide range of clinical manifestations, the visible nature of the disease, and the intense itching significantly affects patients’ quality of life.2  Up to 80% of children with AD experience sleep disturbances.3 Sixty-seven percent of children …
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