title: Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Frequently Missed Diagnosis, Part 2: Treatment Options.
abstract: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the intertriginous area. Patients with HS have several challenges to their quality of life and activities of everyday living, including malodor, purulent discharge, and discomfort. There is often a delay in diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The need for cosmetically acceptable local treatments and dressing application makes this disease an important challenge for wound care specialists. The choice of optimal treatment varies depending on the disease severity, expert knowledge, the availability of an interprofessional team, and patient factors.
authors.affiliation: Shirley C. Wang, MD • Clinical Research Coordinator • University Health Network • Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sheila C. Wang, PhD • Resident • Department of Dermatology, McGill University • Montreal, Quebec, Canada Afsaneh Alavi, MD, MSc, FRCPC • Assistant Professor • Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Toronto • Ontario, Canada Raed Alhusayen, MD, MSc (Clin Epi), FRCPC • Assistant Professor • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre • University of Toronto • Ontario, Canada Morteza Bashash, PhD • Research Fellow • Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health • University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCPC (Med Derm), MACP, FAAD, MAPWCA • Professor of Public Health and Medicine • University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Director • International Interprofessional Wound Care Course & Masters of Science in Community Health (Prevention & Wound Care) • Dalla Lana School of Public Health • University of Toronto • Past President, World Union of Wound Healing Societies • Clinical Editor • Advances in Skin & Wound Care • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Shirley C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sheila C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Afsaneh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.forename: Raed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alhusayen
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bashash
authors.forename: R Gary
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Sibbald
mesh_terms: D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans