Clinical Study for the Photosensitive Disease.
- Author:
Seung Hyun LEE
1
;
Jin Soo KANG
;
Tae Jin YOON
;
Tae Heung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Korea. derkim@hitel.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Photosensitive disease
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Dermatitis, Photoallergic;
Dermatitis, Phototoxic;
Dermatology;
Diuretics;
Humans;
Incidence;
Korea;
Plants, Medicinal;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2001;39(9):972-978
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Although dermatologists may encounter photosensitivity patients commonly, most dermatologists are not familiar with diseases manifesting photosensitivity and there is still no clinical study on photosensitivity disease in Korea. OBJECTIVE: We tried to investigate incidences and sorts of photosensitivity diseases with clinical informations. METHODS: We performed a retrospective clinical review of patients who had photosensitivity as a chief complaint in the department of dermatology, Gyeongsang National University hospital from 1991 to 2000. RESULTS: There were a variety of diverse photosensitive diseases in this clinical study. Drug-induced photosensitivity including phototoxicity and photoallergy were fairly common (19.7%), and causative drugs were various including antibiotics, diuretics and even medicinal herb. We could find co-occurrence of some diseases in photosensitivity patients (39.3%), most of which were chronic degenerative diseases. CONCLUSION: Further clinical studies will be needed to get additional and standardized information in Korea, and precise clinical work-ups would be necessary to differentiate variable spectrums of photosensitivity diseases we showed in this study.
