The impact of hidradenitis suppurativa on general health is higher than that of hypertension, congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction and depression

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Aug;34(8):e386-e388. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16290. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

Authors

F Sampogna¹, L Fania², C Mazzanti², S Pallotta³, A Panebianco⁴, S Mastroeni¹, B Didona², D Abeni¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Epidemiology Unit, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² First Dermatology Clinic, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Fifth Dermatology Clinic, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Direction, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 32043666
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16290

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Depression / complications
Depression / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / epidemiology
Heart Failure* / epidemiology
Heart Failure* / etiology
Hidradenitis Suppurativa* / complications
Hidradenitis Suppurativa* / epidemiology
Humans
Hypertension* / complications
Hypertension* / epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction* / epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction* / etiology

Grants and funding

Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy