Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge About Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Gintarė Kazbaraitė, Kristina Liesionytė Abstract Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory, recurrent, debilitating skin disease of the hair follicle that often relentlessly progresses and presents after puberty. This rare disease manifests in painful lesions (multiple abscesses, sinus tracts, open comedones) that may cause hypertrophic scars and immobility. Aim – to evaluate primary care physicians’…

How Often do Chronic Diseases Cause Episodes of Depression?

Greta Šalčiūtė, Dovylė Žiupsnienė, Kazys Simanauskas, Vytautas Kasiulevičius, Virginijus Šapoka Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the impact of chronic diseases for depressive episodes. Material and methods: Primary health care center has carried out a placement of immediate retrospective study of outpatients with patients selected according to ICD-10 for the three digit…