British Journal of Dermatology

01/10/2024

Hot off the press! This new study shows that acne diagnosis rates are rising globally and within the UK among adolescents and young adults. The study found acne rates among the UK are amongst the highest globally.

The authors used the Global Burden of Disease study model to analyse data about adolescects and young adults aged 10-24 in over 204 countries from 1990 to 2021. The highest burden of acne was observed in Western Europe, including the UK (see image 2). Meanwhile, North Africa and the Middle East experienced the largest increase over the study period (see image 3). There was a steady increase in cases of 0.27% a year on average over three decades. By 2021, 14.6% of adolescents and young people were diagnosed with acne – a 7.4% increase from 1990.

Read the full article now in the BJD: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljae352

24/09/2024

17/09/2024

16/09/2024

Rates of melanoma have been increasing across several countries, with less increasing mortality. However, information is lacking surrounding which factors might be influencing this.

This study aimed to discuss factors (e.g. ultraviolet radiation exposure, melanoma treatment, diagnostic activity, overdiagnosis, pathologists’ diagnostic threshold and clinicians’ propensity to remove suspect skin lesions) that might influence melanoma incidence and mortality in Denmark.

In the period 1999-2019, biopsy rates increased by 1.9x, the incidence of invasive melanoma increased 2.5x, and the rate of melanoma in situ increased 5.2x.

The authors suggest that changes in melanoma incidence may be explained by the interaction among sun exposure, the propensity to remove suspected melanoma lesions, lowered diagnostic thresholds and overdiagnosis.

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Full article: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljae175

Author YouTube video: https://youtu.be/fM9qL3_zbPI



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26/08/2024

Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare genodermatosis characterized by focal palmoplantar keratoderma, severe plantar pain, dystrophic nails and a mutation in one of five KRT genes.

This study investigated the presence of erythromelalgia in people with PC. The results suggest a proportion of patients with PC experience secondary erythromelalgia, which negatively affects QoL.

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Full article: https://academic.oup.com/bjd/article/191/2/300/7641922



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