Scleroderma
Scleroderma, with fewer than 200,000 cases in the United States, is a rare autoimmune disease that causes the skin to become inflamed and...
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Scleroderma, with fewer than 200,000 cases in the United States, is a rare autoimmune disease that causes the skin to become inflamed and...
Pemphigus is a rare disease in the United States that causes blistering inside the skin and inside the body’s parts including the mouth,...
Alopecia Areata, which affects around 6.7 million people in the United States and over 160 million people in the world, is an autoimmune...
Raynaud’s phenomenon/syndrome, which affects as many as 5% of Americans, 80% of which are women, causes the narrowing of the blood...
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that affects as many as 1.8% of people across the United States, which is about 6 million Americans...
The National Psoriasis Foundation estimates that around 2-3% of the human population has psoriasis, revealing its wide-spread nature with...
Rosacea, present in over 16 million Americans, is quite a common disease, but is often mistaken for other skin conditions or acne. It...
Ichthyosis can look like many other skin diseases, exhibiting patches that are scaly and red on the surface of the skin. The disease’s...
Hidradenitis Suppurativa is a rare disease that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States, which is approximately 0.1% of the...
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a collection of rare skin diseases that affect a small percentage of people, an estimated 0.01% of people....
Currently, the AAFA reports that about 7.3% of adults in the United States are afflicted with atopic dermatitis—that’s over 24,000,000...
More than 3 million people are afflicted with acne each year, a majority of them teenagers. Acne is a common skin condition in which the...