The superficial hydradenitis is a chronic disease of the skin. Causa protuberancias dolorosas, parecidas al acne, que se forman debajo de la piel. A small area affects areas where the skin rubs off, as do the axils and the ankle.
And there are many questions from the law of COVID-19, especially those with autoimmune diseases as they are hydradenitis supurativa. Doctor Alma Cruz, Dermatologist and Founder of the External Clinical Science Program of Hidradenitis supurativa del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (RCM), habló con la Revista de Medicina y Salud Pública (MSP), para enfatizar la seguridad de la immunization en esta specific population of patients.
“Superior hydradenitis is an inflammatory affection that has no sole effect on the skin that can have an impact on other areas of the body and is associated with other comorbidities, such as being able to suffer from intestinal inflammation, arthritis, obesity and severe comorbidities. the quality of life and longevity of patients “, explained the doctor.
This condition does not have a clear etiology but it is believed that hydradenitis is an inflammatory process and for many reasons, many patients with the onset of inflammation of the colon vacuna only with this affection we have with many more, then we have no vacuna against the COVID-19 you can do more than you can help.
“This is not an autoimmune disease, if you have it you can evacuate”, says the dermatologist.
The doctor declares that this is not a high-risk condition and that it is not necessary that the evacuation stage be taken, even if the patient has hydradenitis who is 65 years old or more definitely must be able to do so. vacuna temprana, pero esto se dará la la edad.
“We have observed that the 65-year-old May patients and COVID patients have a more severe prognosis, but it is simply due to the oath not according to their condition. Although COVID is a new algo in the United States a register of patients with hydradenitis “If he had a positive coronavirus, he observed that he had the predisposition to have a COVID-19 infection, but he had less than one risk factor for diabetes,” said Dr. Cruz.
In the Mayor of the cases of patients with hydradenitis supurativa who was evacuated against the COVID-19 he did not present any exponential change from the general population, the dermatologist agrees that he has the same secondary factors that he described in other persons.
“Patients who are with biological treatments that are preguntan if they can evacuate the recommendation are the following: to estimate the immunological system and the vaccinated atenuadas colocan also colocan the viral virus, but does not have the capacity for virulence. finalized the dermatologist.