2003
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.7.897
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The Response of Skin Disease to Stress

Abstract: Background: Although emotional stress has long been suspected to exacerbate acne vulgaris, previous reports addressing its influence on acne severity have been mainly anecdotal.Objectives: To elucidate the possible relationship between stress and acne exacerbation by evaluating changes in acne severity during nonexamination and examination periods and to assess the possible relationship of these changes in severity with perceived examination stress by using previously validated scales measuring acne severity a… Show more

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“…A prospective cohort study, that aimed to investigate the possible relationship between stress and acne exacerbations, indicated that exacerbations of acne were reported during examination periods in university students. This finding suggest significant influence of emotional stress on acne, which is also supported by the finding that changes in severity of acne was highly correlated with increasing stress [19]. Social phobia is one of the common psychiatric comorbidities among patients with acne vulgaris.…”
Section: Mental Health Problems In Patients With Acnesupporting
confidence: 62%
“…A prospective cohort study, that aimed to investigate the possible relationship between stress and acne exacerbations, indicated that exacerbations of acne were reported during examination periods in university students. This finding suggest significant influence of emotional stress on acne, which is also supported by the finding that changes in severity of acne was highly correlated with increasing stress [19]. Social phobia is one of the common psychiatric comorbidities among patients with acne vulgaris.…”
Section: Mental Health Problems In Patients With Acnesupporting
confidence: 62%
“…A acne como estopim de transtornos psíquicos também é quantificada em outras pesquisas através da descrição de sintomas relacionados. Isso é demonstrado por Chiu et al, 5 em que 74% dos acadêmicos de medicina associavam a enfermidade com ansiedade. Nesse mesmo sentido, Lasek et al 9 encontraram ocorrência de 87% de pacientes com acne incomodados com a aparência física, e Teixeira & França 6 observaram que 88,3% dos pacientes referiam alguma atitude ou sentimento ligado à acne.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Costuma haver regressão espontânea após os 20 anos de idade, sendo referida como incomparavelmente mais usual em caucasianos do que em amarelos e negros. [3][4][5] Clinicamente, é classificada em quatro níveis: grau I, a forma mais leve, não inflamatória ou comedoniana, caracterizada pela presença de comedões fechados e abertos; grau II, acne inflamatória ou papulopustulosa, em que, aos comedões, se associam pápulas e pústulas de conteúdo purulento; grau III, acne nódulo-cística, quando se somam nódulos mais exuberantes; e grau IV, acne conglobata, na qual há formação de abscessos e fístulas. 4,6 As complicações mais relevantes da enfermidade são cicatrizes físicas e seqüelas psicossociais, que podem persistir após o desaparecimento das lesões ativas.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
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“…‹ki yüz on befl ö¤renciyi kapsayan bir çal›flmada t›p ö¤rencile-rinin %67'sinin akne alevlenmelerinde stresin etkisine inand›k-lar› gösterilmifltir. Benzer bir çal›flma 33 akne hastas›n› kapsam›fl ve yine hastalar›n %67'si stresli olay›n ortaya ç›kmas› ile aknenin fliddetlenmesi aras›nda pozitif bir iliflki sunmufltur 14,22 . Aksine Drucker ve ark 15 .…”
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