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<p>Few weeks ago, I looked after a very sick patient who was treated for a rare disease condition. Oh! Well, rare because I’ve never heard or come across the condition till that very day.</p>
<p><strong>Bullours pemphigoid</strong> is a harsh skin condition whereby the sufferer gets blisters all over their body. As the blisters get bigger and bursts newer ones develops. I haven’t seen anything like that before. In the picture above, the skin looks dry but Vera&#8217;s were mostly weeping blisters and the almost constant cream application made her skin moist most of the time.</p>
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<p>It is triggered by a disorder of the autoimmune system which attacks the inner layer of the skin</p>
<p><b>Signs and symptoms</b></p>
<p>Appearance of blisters</p>
<p>Burning skin</p>
<p>itchiness</p>
<p>Red skin around blisters</p>
<p>Nose bleeding.</p>
<p>The appearance of the skin can be quiet similar to the skin of a burns patient. Looking at Vera lying on her sick bed, I recalled a few years back when I had visited a schoolmate that had suffered severe burns which made her wound dressing takes more than half of the shift to complete.</p>
<p>Vera was nursed in a theatre gown as the usual cotton hospital gown would stick onto her skin.</p>
<p>Her care regime included cream application every two hours. You heard me right every two hours and Dermovate for areas without burst blisters.</p>
<p><em>Dermovate: this is a ster<a href="https://diseasesdoctor.com/bullous-pemphigoid-pictures-causes-treatment-contagious-symptoms/">o</a>id cream tha that is used in severe skin conditions medication used to treat skin conditions that have not responded well to other corticosteroids, including severe psoriasis and eczematous dermatitis.</em></p>
<p>Vera was very unwell as she had sepsis; which was the main reason for admission to our unit.</p>
<p>There are different kinds of <a href="https://diseasesdoctor.com/bullous-pemphigoid-pictures-causes-treatment-contagious-symptoms/">pemphigoid. </a>Have you looked after someone with this condition? I will like to know your experience.</p>
<p><b>P.S.</b></p>
<p>Confidentiality was maintained through this post.</p>
<p>For my new readers, I&#8217;m a nurse by profession and do blog about health and health conditions too. Other health related post can be found in the health category.</p>
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