Quality Of Life And Psychiatric Symptoms In Egyptian Teenage Patients With Chronic Adolescent Skin Diseases ; A Case Control Study

Abstract

Historically, the impact that skin diseases have on quality of life was deemed insignificant. More recently, there has been widespread acknowledgment that skin diseases can affect psychological and social welfare and patients’ everyday lives, as well as their partners, families and friends .

Although acne , vitiligo , psoriasis and atopic dermatitis are not life threatening diseases , many studies have revealed that they have significant effect on self-image causing psychological impairement and bad quality oflife.

Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease of pilosebaceous units during adolescence, a period with psychological instability .. It is characterised by blackheads and whiteheads, known as comedones, as well as pus-filled spots known as pustules . It usually develops in puberty and can vary in severity. For the majority of people, acne resolves by the late teens or early twenties, but for some it continues even longer. Some people might develop acne for the first time in their twenties or thirties .