title: Understanding symptoms and management of skin disorders.
abstract: It is estimated that at any one time about 25 per cent of the population has a skin problem that could benefit from medical care. Skin diseases can be physically disabling, disfiguring, painful, intensely irritating and distracting. Relatively few skin diseases are life-threatening, but they can all have severe psychological, physical and social effects.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Cancer Trust MARCs (Melanoma and Related Cancers of the Skin) line, Salisbury District Hospital.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freak
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology