Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic auto-inflammatory skin disease that is often mistaken for acne or boils, is causing many patients live with symptoms for years before receiving the right ...

Key takeaways Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory skin condition that causes painful lumps under the skin that may burst, scar, and form tunnels. Early HS is often misdiagnosed as acne ...

HS Often Misdiagnosed – Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) affects 1 in 100 people, especially Black women, but is frequently mistaken for other skin conditions. Early Diagnosis is Key – Delayed treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People with hidradenitis suppurativa have a greater risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, yet many ...

Factors that affect medical decision-making among patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) include suffering threshold, perceptions of treatment risk, treatment fatigue, understanding of the ...

Living with any chronic skin condition usually means making adjustments to your lifestyle. That’s because skin conditions often flare up in response to external, environmental factors—from the ...

The U.S. FDA added hidradenitis suppurativa to the label for UCB SA’s Bimzelx (bimekizumab-bkzx), throwing renewed light on the indication, a chronic disease that causes painful, boil-like lumps that ...

Panelists discuss the drivers and consequences of delayed diagnosis in hidradenitis suppurativa, emphasizing the need for provider education, clinical decision support, and multidisciplinary ...

Credit: Getty Images A 42-year-old woman presents to the urgent care clinic with several painful “boils” in her left axilla that have been present for the past 2 weeks. A 42-year-old woman presents to ...

The symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) can range from mild to severe. HS causes a combination of boil-like lumps, cysts, blackheads, scarring, and channels in the skin. HS is a chronic skin ...

Dealing with skin conditions like acne or psoriasis can be hard enough when you know what you’re working with. But some maladies come with the additional challenge of a tricky diagnosis process to ...

If you've ever had a boil, then you know just how unpleasant these pus-filled bumps can be. Once they develop, they often become larger and more painful over time and are equally unpleasant when they ...