Wound Care in the Management of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Fig. 11.1 Cleansing daily with soap and warm water should be encouraged for patients with sclerotic chronic GVHD. Before (a) and after (b); 2 days of soap and water cleansing…
Dermatology
Grading and Treatment of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Category Symptoms after DLI or HSCT Acute features Chronic features Classic acute < 100 days Yes No Persistent, recurrent and late-onset > 100 days Yes No Overlap > 100 days…
Overview of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Fig. 1.1 Increasing numbers of patients are undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) every year (Adapted from Pasquini and Zhu [1]; with permission) Historical Perspective Pioneering experimentation by Jacobson…
Pathophysiology and Immunology of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Cell subset Risk of cGVHD References Effector memory CD4EM T cells (CCR7neg CD62Llow) Increase in this T-cell subset co-related with increased risk of cGVHD Yamashita et al. [7] CD8+ Central…
Stress and Atopic Dermatitis
Fig. 12.1 The relationship between stress and three common skin conditions The Combined Approach to Atopic Dermatitis [7, 8] Background The nervous origins of some aspects of AD were indicated…
Herpes and Stress
Virus Medical treatment HSV Topical treatment: Aciclovir cream (5 %) five times daily (3–4 hourly intervals) during waking hours for 4 days [7]. Examples of systemic treatment schemas [3, 4]:…
Role of Stress in Urticaria Syndrome
Fig. 18.1 Stress response Urticaria-Nomenclature and Classification Urticaria is derived from the two latin words “urtic” which means nettle and “uere” that means burn. The name suffices the stinging or…
Hyperhidrosis and Stress
Apocrine sweat gland Eccrine sweat gland Structure Coiled tubular Coiled tubular Location Axilla and perianal areas All over the body Odorous Yes No Method of secretion Secreted from canals…
