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- Title:
- Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Description:
- Pemphigus is any of a group of diseases characterized by successive crops of large bullae (“water blisters”). Although rare, they are serious and require prompt treatment. The cause is unknown; they seem to occur only in adults and can occur in acute or chronic form. Pemphigus vulga´ris the most common and severe form of pemphigus, usually occurring between the ages of 40 and 60, characterized by the chronic development of flaccid, easily ruptured bullae upon apparently normal skin and mucous membranes, beginning focally but progressing to become generalized, leaving large, weeping, denuded surfaces that become partially crusted over with little or no tendency to heal and that enlarge by confluence. In untreated cases, sepsis, cachexia, and electrolyte imbalance may occur and lead to death.
- Keyword:
- Bullae, blisters, Pemphigus, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
- Subject:
- Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
- Creator:
- Metropolitan Hospital Center, Kathryn Russel, MD
- Publisher:
- Metropolitan Hospital Center
- Language:
- English
- Copyright Holder:
- Metropolitan Hospital Center
- Rights:
- http://www.i-human.com/service-agreement-print
- Resource Type:
- Photo
