In order for patients with pemphigus and pemphigoid to get control of their disease, there are certain drugs that patients must take. Prednisone is the first drug of choice for treating these diseases, and immunosuppressive drugs are often given as…
by Jennifer Williams As all pemphigus and pemphigoid sufferers are quite aware, high doses of steroids are generally used in the first phase of treatment to control the blistering. Often to relieve the unpleasant side effects of such great doses,…
by Rosalind Joffe Focus On What You Can Control. You may not be able to control the course of your illness. You can control the direction you take and the choices you make regarding that illness in the workplace. View…
by Sarah Brenner, MD, Jacob Mashiah, MD, Einat Tamir, MD, Ilan Goldberg, MD and Yonit Wohl, MD, Department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel Pemphigus is generally considered to stem…
by Barry Kratz My name is Barry, and I was diagnosed with PV in June 1992 at the age of 22. I have been asked to share my story and give some insight to help overcome this sometimes-debilitating disease. I…
by Janet Segall, IPPF Executive Director In order for patients with pemphigus and pemphigoid to get control of their disease, there are certain drugs that patients must take. Prednisone is the first drug of choice for treating these diseases. Immunosuppressive…
The Foundation is pleased to report that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has just released an Autoimmune Diseases Research Plan encouraging research into the causes, treatments, and prevention of autoimmune disease, including pemphigus. This Plan takes us a giant…
by Dr. David Rowe, DC, Dr. Nicholas Hall, DC The following article is one in a series we are publishing about complementary medical approaches to living with pemphigus. These treatments are not meant to replace the therapies administered by your…
by Edward Tenner, M.D. INTRODUCTION The autoimmune bullous skin diseases, pemphigus (with major subsets pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus and paraneoplastic pemphigus) and the more common bullous pemphigoid (with variant disease phenotypes of cicatricial pemphigoid and gestational pemphigoid) each may have…
by Dr. Neal Halsey, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Dr. Noel Rose, Autoimmune Disease Research Center, Johns Hopkins University 1. What is the risk of developing smallpox? Smallpox does not exist as a naturally occurring…
