Understanding symptoms and management of skin disorders
Freak, J.
Nursing Times 100(49): 34-37
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 15630970 Document Number: 576348
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.