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Psychosomatic Symptoms in Patients With Alopecia Areata and Vitiligo

Source: journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Topic: Vitiligo
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Sort Desciption: Vitiligo and alopecia areata present an excellent opportunity to focus on the effect of impaired appearance on the lives of the persons with these diseases. Emotional stress has precipitated vitiligo and alopecia areata in some patients. ...

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Abstract: Vitiligo and alopecia areata present an excellent opportunity to focus on the effect of impaired appearance on the lives of the persons with these diseases. Emotional stress has precipitated vitiligo and alopecia areata in some patients. Twenty-eight patients suffering from alopecia areata and vitiligo and twenty healthy persons at ages between ten and sixty underwent psychological tests of examination with special regard to verification of their psychiatric symptoms. The results were compared for all groups. The results revealed that depressive symptomatology in patients with vitiligo and alopecia areata was higher than in the control group (respectively, 55%, 36%, 15%). As a result, we conclude that the cosmetic disfigurement may be of great importance on the lives of persons with these diseases. Key Words: Alopecia, Vitiligo, Psychosomatic symptoms. brahim KKAM 1 Nevzat AKYAR 1 Yunus SARAL 1 Nalan K. OUZHANOLU 2 Received: April 06.1998 Departments of Dermatology 1 and Psychiatry 2 Faculty of Medicine, Frat University, ElazTurkey Introduction The skin is an important organ, covering and protecting the body against environmental hazards and also providing the connection between the individual and the environment. Some patients with cutaeneous symptoms have psychological problems. Skin can react in several ways against emotional factors. A number of skin diseases are found to be related to emotional factors. Alopecia areata and vitiligo are in this group of diseases (1, 2). Alopecia areata is a loss of hair with no appreciable abnormality of the underlying skin, ranging in severity from localized patches to universal involvement. The cause of alopecia areata is unknown. Most evidence points toward its being an autoimmune disease modified by genetic factors ...

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