PHOTOSENSITIVITY

Course overview

PHOTOSENSITIVITY REFERS TO VARIOUS SYMPTOMS, DISEASES, AND PHOTODERMATOSES CAUSED OR EXACERBATED BY EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT. PHOTOSENSITIVE CONDITIONS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES, WHICH INCLUDE PRIMARY OR AUTOIMMUNE PHOTODERMATOSIS, EXOGENOUS OR DRUG/CHEMICAL-INDUCED PHOTODERMATOSIS, PHOTO-EXACERBATED OR PHOTO-AGGRAVATED DERMATOSES, METABOLIC PHOTODERMATOSIS, AND GENETIC PHOTODERMATOSIS. THIS ACTIVITY ILLUSTRATES THE EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PHOTOSENSITIVE CONDITIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM APPROACH TO THE CARE OF AFFECTED PATIENTS.