
Stress and Skin Disorders: Basic and Clinical Aspects
Libros de Medicina en PDF Stress and Skin Disorders Basic and Clinical Aspects The relationship between stress and skin disorders has long been recognized. It is commonly believed that many inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, acne and rosacea are exacerbated by stress. A number of clinical studies suggest that this is true although difficulties in appropriate controls and various confounding variables make this conclusion less than absolute. Nonetheless, there is extensive evidence from animal models that various forms of stress can exacerbate certain inflammatory dermatoses, lead to mast cell degranulation and result in faster growth of immunogenic transplantable