Pemphigoid non bullous

Localised or exanthematic autoimmune dermatosis of the skin (mucosal infection does not usually occur) of the elderly person. Blistering is hardly or only minimalistically pronounced in this form. The clinical symptoms are usually characterized by excessive (unexplained) itching.

The bullous pemphjgoid is the most common blistering autoimmune dermatosis. Incidence: 6-7/100.000 inhabitants/year. With increasing age, the incidence rises from about 10/100,000 inhabitants/year in 60-year-olds to over 40/100,000 inhabitants/year in 90-year-olds. There are indications that incidences have increased significantly in recent years. The bullous pemphigoid is more frequently found in autoimmune diseases, e.g. polymyositis, ulcerative colitis, chronic polyarthritis (rheumatoid arthritis).

see below Pemphigoid bullous

Occurs at an advanced age, usually after the beginning of the 6th decade. Rarely begins in childhood.

In some patients the clinical picture develops atypically without the formation of the clinically groundbreaking blisters. This means that the clinical leading symptom "bulging (firm) bladder" and the clear clinical assignment to the blister-forming diseases is not applicable. Instead, a clinical picture with itchy, prurigo-like scratched skin changes is impressive. However, urticarial plaques are also usually found (this speaks against the diagnosis "prurigo").

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