How Skin Diseases Are Linked to Psychiatric Disorders

According to dermatologists, many skin diseases are provoked by stress, depression and other psychological problems. The more nervous we are, the more likely we are to get very serious skin diseases.

The results of numerous studies indicate that about 80% of patients with dermatological diseases have mental disorders. For example, patients with psoriasis showed signs of emotional instability and depression, and such people also got tired faster and were more irritable.

Given the fact that 30% of people treated in dermatovenerological dispensaries suffer from depression, depression is singled out as one of the most significant factors in the development of chronic skin diseases. It is noteworthy that the level of severity of depression is affected by the type of dermatosis from which the patient suffers.

In 50% of people diagnosed with rosacea and neurotic excoriations, a pronounced depressive state is observed, among patients with pruritus and genital herpes, there are a third of them. Patients who have been found to have red lichen and pityriasis versicolor, in most cases, are not at all susceptible to depression.

In recent years, atopic dermatitis has been in the focus of attention of physicians specializing in psychodermatology. Such interest of doctors is caused, first of all, by the fact that during the study, 66% of 200 people suffering from this disease were diagnosed with depression. This means that atopic dermatitis is a pathological manifestation of the patient's internal stress. Experts have identified the signs that accompany the disease. Among them are depression, fears, lack of emotional independence, reduced endurance to stress. At the same time, children suffering from atopic dermatitis have good intellectual performance. They develop quickly, but are prone to aggression. In the future, such children have every chance of becoming tyrants in the family. People who suffer from atopic dermatitis have psychopathology eight times more often than those who have not experienced such a disease.

Source estet-portal.com