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Dermatology
AD, PN, and CSU: Distinct, Pruritic Diseases
Dr. Elmariah explains how AD, PN, and CSU are distinct diseases with the common, burdensome symptom of itch.
MD, PhD
Sarina Elmariah
Learning objectives
- Identify itch and underlying pathomechanisms as common across the distinct diseases of AD, PN, and CSU
Description
Dr. Elmariah describes the distinct clinical skin signs in AD, PN, and CSU (with dry, red lesions in AD, firm fibrotic nodules in PN, and transient wheals in CSU). She explains how AD, PN, and CSU are all very itchy diesases, which imposes a significant burden on patients. She suggestes that this common symptom implies underlying common pathophysiology in each disease.
Tags
MAT-GLB-2306089 v1.0 02/2024
About this expert
Dermatology
Sarina Elmariah
MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Dermatology Director at the UCSF Centre for Itch and Neurosensory Disorders at the University of California in San Francisco, California, US
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