This is a rare autoimmune skin disorder that occurs when your immune system starts attacking healthy epidermis cells (the top layer of your skin). Pemphigus can manifest itself as blisters and sores ...
COVID-19 infection increases the risk for autoimmune blistering diseases (AIBDs), specifically pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid, according to a study that also found that vaccination against COVID-19 ...
Donna Culton, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outlines diagnosing autoimmune blistering diseases. Persistent, intensely itchy rashes in older adults are often written off as eczema or ...