Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis: A skin rash that appears to be a result of the body's immune reaction to progesterone. As progesterone production is linked to menstrual cycles, the rash occurs usually in the week before menstruation until a few days after menstruation starts. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is available below.
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Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis, or a subtype of Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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