What is Duhring disease?

What is Duhring disease?

• Duhring disease: A rare chronic skin disorder involving rashes of small skin bumps and blisters that are extremely itchy.
• Duhring disease: Rare, chronic, papulo-vesicular disease characterized by an intensely pruritic eruption consisting of various combinations of symmetrical, erythematous, papular, vesicular, or bullous lesions. The disease is strongly associated with the presence of HLA-B8 and HLA-DR3 antigens. A variety of different autoantibodies has been detected in small numbers in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis.
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Duhring disease: Introduction

Types of Duhring disease:

Broader types of Duhring disease:

• Skin conditions
• Allergy-like conditions
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How serious is Duhring disease?

Complications of Duhring disease: see complications of Duhring disease

What causes Duhring disease?

Causes of Duhring disease: see causes of Duhring disease

What are the symptoms of Duhring disease?

Symptoms of Duhring disease: see symptoms of Duhring disease

Complications of Duhring disease: see complications of Duhring disease

Duhring disease: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Duhring disease.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Duhring disease.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Duhring disease: Dermatologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Duhring disease.
Treatments for Duhring disease: see treatments for Duhring disease
Research for Duhring disease: see research for Duhring disease

Name and Aliases of Duhring disease

Main name of condition: Duhring disease

dermatitis herpetiformis

Duhring-Brocq disease, Dermatitis herpetiformis Source - Diseases Database

Duhring disease: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Duhring disease:

• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Dapsone
• Gluten free diet
• Celiac disease
• Gluten sensitive enteropathy
• Blister-like patches
• Allergic reaction

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