Open Access<p>Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid: Impact and Management Challenges</p>
Author(s) -
Nicolas Kluger,
Anna Pankakoski,
Jaana Panelius
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1178-7015
DOI - 10.2147/ccid.s212984
Subject(s) - bullous pemphigoid , depression (economics) , anxiety , medicine , pemphigoid , dermatology , disease , psychiatry , immunology , economics , antibody , macroeconomics
Bullous pemphigoid is the most common autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes. It is also associated with high mortality and poor prognosis due to advanced age of the patients and coexisting comorbidities. There is a dearth of data in the literature regarding depression and anxiety among those patients. The objective of this brief review is to discuss the intertwining relationship between depression and anxiety with bullous pemphigoid.