La Qualité de vie chez les personnes atteintes d'handicaps induites par la lèpre

Leprosy is a debilitating infectious disease prevalent in Brazil, India and Vietnam. The Authors sought to assess disabilities and impairment of quality of life in Ho Chi Minh City, Southern Vietnam. Study: 160 patients with leprosy induced disabilites answered a questionnaire WHO quality of life-BREFassessment questionnaire Results from the BREF questionnaire; scores: physical subdomain score …

Pièges à éviter lors du traitement de lésions pigmentées et tatougages avec le laser

Beware of skin colored tattooos (e.g around the mouth): Why ? There is high risk of pigment darkening upon removal (eg Q switched laser): thie pigment turns black (oxydation reaction) Solution: use COs laser ablation: superficial   Beware of gold: Why ? if gold therapy was used for treatment of rhematoid arthririts, chrysiasis (deposit of…

Lèpre en Indonésie par rapport au reste du monde

Leprosy is not yet 100% eliminated but improving thanks to MDT (Multidrug Therapy)…but less and less aattention is devoted to it (only 25 attendees are present) Leprosy is part of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) according to the WTO http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/) There are 3 in Indonesia when compared with Brazil The 3 NTD’s in Indonesia are…

Les lasers fractionnés dans le traitement du chloasma ?

The efficacy in melasma treatment using a 1410 nm fractional photothermolysis laser. Wanitphakdeedecha R, Keoprasom N, Eimpunth S, Manuskiatti W. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2014 Mar;28(3):293-7. doi: 10.1111/jdv.12100. Epub 2013 Jan 24. Melasma (Chloasma, Pregnancy Mask) is a hyperpigmentary dermatosis which is more prevalent in darker phototypes as well as in higher UV environments.…

Traitement de la calvitie chez la femme avec le minoxidil: une fois ou 2 fois par jour ?

A randomized, single-blind trial of 5% minoxidil foam once daily versus 2% minoxidil solution twice daily in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia in women. Blume-Peytavi U, Hillmann K, Dietz E, Canfield D, Garcia Bartels N. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Dec;65(6):1126-1134.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.09.724. Epub 2011 Jun 23. Androgenic (androgenetic) alopecia is the most common cause…

Psoriasis et graisse autour du coeur

Epicardial fat thickness is independently associated with psoriasis. Akyildiz ZI, Seremet S, Emren V, Ozcelik S, Gediz B, Tastan A, Nazlı C. Dermatology. 2014;228(1):55-9. doi: 10.1159/000354726. Epub 2013 Oct 18. Psoriasis is associated with heart problems mainly through risk factors, altogether named “metabolic syndrome” (MS): abdominal (central) obesity, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting plasma glucose,…