Disequilibrium of Mental Health Status in the Patient with Pemphigus Vulgaris
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https://doi.org/10.31580/pjmls.v5i1.2740Keywords:
Comorbidity, Corticosteroids, Disequilibrium, Health related quality of life (HROOL)Abstract
Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the formation of the blisters and erosion of the mucosal membrane. It covers all of the body in some people, It may also aggravate the psychiatric symptoms that lead to the disequilibrium of the mental health status. There are many factors affecting the body which on one side are used as a treatment and on the other side exacerbate the mental health status and disturbed the normal equilibrium. Depression and anxiety are the most potent factors that affect and disequilibrate the mental health status and also cause many comorbidities. In the patient with pemphigus vulgaris the psychiatric comorbidities go parallel to each other due to the intake of the corticosteroids and disturbed body image which directly affects on the mental health of an individual and thus increases the psychiatric symptoms and reduces the recovery of the disease. This could badly damage the standardized health related quality of life.References
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