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A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife

A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES VOL. XXXMAY, 1912NO. 5 Giornale italiano delle malattie venere e della pelle. (1912, lii. No. 6). Abstracted by A. RAVOGLI, M.D. * * * A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife. EDOARDO IMPARATI, p. 746. The author refers to the case of a woman, affected with psoriasis, who married a healthy young man and sometime after he too, was affected with psoriatic eruption of the scalp and elbows. This supports the parasitic origin of psoriasis and, therefore, a certain contagiosity in the transmission of the disease. J Cutan Dis. 1912;30(5):313, 315. Editor's Comment I take you, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness . . . —Traditional marriage vow Even if there is some convergence of diseases amongst married couples, that does not imply that a transmissible agent is at fault. It could be the result of a shared environment or the mechanism by which pets and their owners morph into one another. Perhaps it's the Curse of the Marriage Vow? Regardless of the means, you are more likely to suffer certain ailments if your partner has them too. Which of the following conditions show such a conjugal association? Asthma1 Cancer of the tongue2 Depression1 Gastric carcinoma2 Hyperlipidemia3 Hypertension3 Metabolic syndrome4 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma2 Obesity3 Peptic ulcer disease1 Type 2 diabetes mellitus3 Answer: All of the above. References 1. Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C, Pringle M, Crown N, Hammersley V. Married couples' risk of same disease: cross sectional study. BMJ. 2002;325(7365):63612242177PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 2. Friedman GD, Quesenberry CP Jr. Spousal concordance for cancer incidence: a cohort study. Cancer. 1999;86(11):2413-241910590385PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 3. Di Castelnuovo A, Quacquaruccio G, Donati MB, de Gaetano G, Iacoviello L. Spousal concordance for major coronary risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2009;169(1):1-818845552PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 4. Kim HC, Kang DR, Choi KS, Nam CM, Thomas GN, Suh I. Spousal concordance of metabolic syndrome in 3141 Korean couples: a nationwide survey. Ann Epidemiol. 2006;16(4):292-29816230025PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology American Medical Association

A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife

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A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES VOL. XXXMAY, 1912NO. 5 Giornale italiano delle malattie venere e della pelle. (1912, lii. No. 6). Abstracted by A. RAVOGLI, M.D. * * * A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife. EDOARDO IMPARATI, p. 746. The author refers to the case of a woman, affected with psoriasis, who married a healthy young man and sometime after he too, was affected with psoriatic eruption of the scalp and elbows. This supports the parasitic origin of psoriasis and, therefore,...
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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES VOL. XXXMAY, 1912NO. 5 Giornale italiano delle malattie venere e della pelle. (1912, lii. No. 6). Abstracted by A. RAVOGLI, M.D. * * * A Case of Psoriasis Vulgaris in Husband and Wife. EDOARDO IMPARATI, p. 746. The author refers to the case of a woman, affected with psoriasis, who married a healthy young man and sometime after he too, was affected with psoriatic eruption of the scalp and elbows. This supports the parasitic origin of psoriasis and, therefore, a certain contagiosity in the transmission of the disease. J Cutan Dis. 1912;30(5):313, 315. Editor's Comment I take you, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness . . . —Traditional marriage vow Even if there is some convergence of diseases amongst married couples, that does not imply that a transmissible agent is at fault. It could be the result of a shared environment or the mechanism by which pets and their owners morph into one another. Perhaps it's the Curse of the Marriage Vow? Regardless of the means, you are more likely to suffer certain ailments if your partner has them too. Which of the following conditions show such a conjugal association? Asthma1 Cancer of the tongue2 Depression1 Gastric carcinoma2 Hyperlipidemia3 Hypertension3 Metabolic syndrome4 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma2 Obesity3 Peptic ulcer disease1 Type 2 diabetes mellitus3 Answer: All of the above. References 1. Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C, Pringle M, Crown N, Hammersley V. Married couples' risk of same disease: cross sectional study. BMJ. 2002;325(7365):63612242177PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 2. Friedman GD, Quesenberry CP Jr. Spousal concordance for cancer incidence: a cohort study. Cancer. 1999;86(11):2413-241910590385PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 3. Di Castelnuovo A, Quacquaruccio G, Donati MB, de Gaetano G, Iacoviello L. Spousal concordance for major coronary risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2009;169(1):1-818845552PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 4. Kim HC, Kang DR, Choi KS, Nam CM, Thomas GN, Suh I. Spousal concordance of metabolic syndrome in 3141 Korean couples: a nationwide survey. Ann Epidemiol. 2006;16(4):292-29816230025PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref

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