When I arrived in Washington D.C., I thought I had a clear understanding of what I was about to do until I approached the convention center. I had already been given a heads up that the American Academy of Dermatology’s Annual Meeting was taking place in a convention center that was two city blocks in…
Microbiome: It sounds like a Mel Gibson movie or a Stephen King novel. But it isn’t fiction. It is a very real part of everyone’s daily lives. Yet few people have a clue what it means. First, a microbe is a living organism which can only be seen under a microscope. It’s a general term…
My name is Karen, I’m 56 years old and I my got first lesion when I was 15 on my groin. I’ve been dealing with this disease almost my entire life, or least it feels like it. Like many others I sought care and was misdiagnosed. Doctors would pinch, poke and cut me on their…
Jackson Gillies has his parents – and Luciano Pavarotti – to thank for his love of music. As he explained during his Tedx Santa Barbara talk in 2017, he suffered colic as a baby. He cried for hours on end. Until his mother turned on the television set and the great opera legend began to…
Is Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) an auto-inflammatory or autoimmune disease? With current knowledge, HS is considered more of an auto-inflammatory illness. Officially and technically, it has not been classified as an autoimmune disease but patients and doctors alike will commonly use the “autoimmune” term as shorthand, causing confusion and leading to debate between the two. But…
