Comorbidities Associated with Vitiligo
Source : https://www.ajmc.com/view/comorbidities-associated-with-vitiligo
Jeffrey D. Dunn, PharmD, MBA: Dr King, you touched on this, but let's take a deeper dive into this as we're trying to establish the clinical consequences of vitiligo. What other comorbidities are associated with vitiligo? Is there causality? For example, if someone has vitiligo, are they more likely to have a worse something else?
Discussion: Autoimmune thyroid disease isn’t common, but we see more of other autoimmune skin diseases in our patients with vitiligo. Not infrequently, we see associated atopic dermatitis; eczema; alopecia areata, an autoimmune form of hair loss; or other forms of autoimmune or inflammatory skin disease.
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Atopic Dermatitis Connect3yrThanks for your wonderful input, [~Barbara--Honig--bkhonig@ ] ! What do others hypothesize is the link between vitiligo and autoimmune disease? How is a robust treatment plan approached in patients with these comorbidities?
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Barbara Honig3yrThere is no question that autoimmune thyroid disease can be associated with vitiligo. But AD, AA, and psoriasis are seen much more frequently in vitiligo patients - largely because they are generally much more prevalent than autoimmune thyroid disease.