Psychocutaneous disorder due to university stress-A case study

Abstract

Psychocutaneous disorders, or allergies exacerbated by psychological factors in adults, are a group of dermatological diseases, where an underlying condition such as atopic dermatitis is triggered by psychological stressors, and whose diagnosis is made by clinical, questioning, and ruling out others most frequent skin pathologies. It is closely linked to certain triggering psychological factors, which can be stress or anxiety. The present article includes a case study of an undergraduate patient, with the classic symptoms of a skin allergy. However, her case undergoes diagnostic trials without revealing any apparent cause. By means of a more thorough anamnesis, the stress factors that produce the skin affectation are identifiable.