What causes pemphigus Foliaceus?
What causes pemphigus Foliaceus?
What are the causes? Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune disease. Normally, the immune system releases proteins called antibodies to fight off foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses. In people with an autoimmune disease, the antibodies mistakenly go after the body’s own tissues.
What is pemphigus Foliaceus in humans?
Pemphigus foliaceus is a rare autoimmune blistering disease which is characterised by superficial blisters, erosions and crusts on the skin. This type of pemphigus is less common than pemphigus vulgaris in Australia but in some parts of the world it is “endemic” and very common.
How long can you live with pemphigus?
Today, the outcome looks good. For most people, the disease can be controlled with treatment. Many can eventually stop their treatment for a while. Before medicines like prednisone and azathioprine were used to treat pemphigus, a person lived about 5 years after getting pemphigus vulgaris, the most common type.
What does pemphigus Foliaceus look like?
Symptoms of PF include: Small fluid-filled skin blisters that typically begin on the face, scalp, or trunk. Ruptured blisters that cause sores, pockets, or scars in the skin. Scaly, inflamed, painful patches on the skin.
What does pemphigus look like?
Pemphigus affects the outer of the skin (epidermis) and causes lesions and blisters that are easily ruptured. Pemphigoid affects a lower layer of the skin, between the epidermis and the dermis, creating tense blisters that do not break easily. Sometimes pemphigoid may look like hives or eczema without blisters.
What do you eat with pemphigus?
Nutrition
- Pemphigus and pemphigoid are very patient-specific diseases.
- We recommend keeping a food calendar or journal.
- Cook coarse or hard foods, such as vegetables until they are soft and tender.
- Soften or moisten foods by dipping them in gravies or cream sauces.
