Suara.com – Various diseases can arise due to stress. One of them is disease autoimmunity skin.
CEO of Pramudya Clinic, dr. Anthony Handoko, Sp.KK., said that as long as pandemic Covid-19 Many patients experience autoimmune skin diseases. As for people who already have a history of autoimmune skin diseases, not a few have more severe recurrences.
“Indeed, what we find in the community, in our clinic, complaints of autoimmune skin disease are increasing,” said doctor Anthony during the webinar ‘Recognizing Skin Autoimmunity that Often Appears During a Pandemic’, Wednesday (11/3/2021).
Autoimmune skin diseases can affect the quality of life of sufferers because they generally occur chronically, long term and are recurrent. Therefore, Doctor Anthony reminded the importance of sufficient knowledge from the patient and the community regarding the disease.
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“How to prevent it, how to prevent recurrence, the right way of treatment and when to seek treatment. It is important for the patient to know,” he said.
There are three types of skin autoimmune that most often occur during the Covid-19 pandemic. Namely, psoriasis or inflammation caused by skin turnover that is too fast. Second, vitiligo which is characterized by the appearance of white patches on the skin. Third, urticaria or better known as hives.
Dermatologist and gynecologist dr. Amelia Soebyanto, Sp.DV., said that stress is one of the many factors that cause the emergence or recurrence of autoimmune skin diseases during the pandemic.
Apart from that, lifestyle changes for longer at home, such as infrequent physical activity, changing diet, and even lack of rest can trigger the disease.
“With high stress, especially during a pandemic, it makes autoimmune skin diseases recur more often and sometimes become much more severe,” he said.
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Fear of coming to health care facilities during the pandemic is also one of the triggers. Because most patients see a doctor who specializes in skin and genitalia when the disease is more severe.
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