Genetic susceptibility to hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is linked to an increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) and diabetes, according to a cohort study, which also suggests significant ...

For people living with hidradenitis suppurativa, or HS, managing symptoms often means thinking beyond the next flare. Here, ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory HS skin disease that most people have never heard of – yet it affects roughly 1% of the global population and is far more damaging to long-term ...

Delayed treatment escalation, initial antibiotic therapy use, and timing differences in therapy initiation were noted in pediatric patients with HS.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a high vs. low genetic risk for developing hidradenitis suppurativa were 1.09 times more likely to ...

A study was recently conducted to better understand the association between CD and HS in a pediatric population. The prevalence of CD in younger patients with HS was found to be nearly 5 times higher ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric patients with hidradenitis suppurativa experience a 4.11 times higher prevalence of Crohn’s disease ...

Prior data on hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) outcomes have been based on patients treated in tertiary care and may not accurately reflect rates of disease progression and remission. In this ...

While experts are still not completely sure what causes HS, it typically starts around puberty, suggesting that hormones may play a role. Experts believe genetics likely play a role in HS, because it ...

Boil-like swellings are the hallmark of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, recurrent inflammatory skin disease of the hair follicle. Painful, inflamed nodules are connected via sinus tracts and ...

Other symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa include blackheads and, when the disease progresses and becomes more severe, larger abscesses and tunnels underneath the skin (known as fistulas or sinus ...