MIMS Dermatology is a quarterly medical journal dedicated to healthcare professionals with a special interest in dermatology, whether GPs with a special interest, nurses or consultant dermatologists. To learn more or to subscribe visit mims.co.uk
Skin conditions are the most frequent new reason for GP consultations in the UK, University...,000 people. New episodes of skin disorders exceeded incidences of all other major disease groups. In total, 23% of the population consulted for a skin condition. The researchers said the finding emphasised ...
-year-old man developed an acute, itchy, painful, blistering and crusting skin eruption shortly after ... . Direct thermal damage, caused by his having fallen asleep with a hot water bottle next to his skin ... cyanotic discoloration with a mesh or lace-like pattern beneath the skin. The changes are caused ...
Clinicians should consider the pyschological effects of skin diseases such as acne even in cases...Astudy looking at patients' assessment of the severity of their skin disease and that of an objective assessment found only a modest link between the two.The patient's view of severity was found ... the psychological impact of skin diseases not just in those with objectively more skin disease, but across many ...
Computer-aided digital skin lesion analysis can improve biopsy sensitivity for melanoma, US...The researchers asked 179 dermatologists attending an educational conference to evaluate 24 pigmented lesions, five of which were melanomas, and decide whether they would biopsy in each case. Then information from a multispectral digital skin lesion analysis (MSDSLA) device, which assesses the level ...
ABSTRACT A wide range of skin diseases can involve the cutaneous external ear. These include inflammatory dermatoses, as well as a variety of skin tumours, both benign and malignant. This article focuses on skin tumours of the external ear. Key words External ear, dermatoses, benign ...
Is the two-week wait referral system improving diagnosis rates in skin cancer?...and treatment. As yet, however, there is no clear evidence of its impact on mortality from skin cancer in the UK. Key words Cancer, referral, two-week wait, GP, specialist The three most common skin ... than 95% of all skin cancers. The 2WW system in dermatology was designed to improve outcomes ...
ABSTRACT Normal skin is colonised by bacterial flora, the most common being Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Skin and soft tissue infections are usually caused ... words Topical antibiotics, resistance, bacterial skin infections, PVL Normal skin ...
Diagnosing an interesting skin presentation. By Dr Sidhu Gada...and antihistamines, which helped to clear the skin presentation. At follow-up, he still had pigmentation ... to the Moraceae family. The photosensitising element of the plant is furocoumarin (psoralen). In the skin ... alter the level of furocoumarin in a given plant. 2 The primary skin lesions may become erythematous ...
months' treatment. Overall skin cancer frequency was 10.4%; 56.3% had persisted for at least three ... of cancer and number of biopsies were significantly associated with skin cancer in one or more biopsy ...
/23 or anti-TNF-alpha agents. 1 Recent NICE 2 and DH 3 guidance on managing skin cancer has triggered ... Klara Balogh and Dr Rachael Morris-Jones. Our series on tropical skin diseases ends with a review ... -Jones discuss the use of topical antibiotics in infected skin conditions and how resistance affects outcomes ...
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