Stress and Skin Disorders: Basic and Clinical Aspects by Katlein França
English | 28 Dec. 2016 | ISBN: 3319463519 | 257 Pages | PDF | 3.05 MB
English | 28 Dec. 2016 | ISBN: 3319463519 | 257 Pages | PDF | 3.05 MB
Dermatological conditions are intimately related to stress. Stress can affect, reveal or even exacerbate a number of skin disorders, including alopecia, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, pruritus, herpes, lichen planus, rosacea and urticarial. On the other hand, the skin disease itself could induce a secondary stress for the patient, influencing his or her quality of life. There is increasing evidence that stress influences disease processes and contributes to inflammation through the modulating hypothalamicpituitary- adrenal axis – releasing neuropeptides, neurotrophins, lymphokines and other chemical mediators from nerve endings to dermal cells.