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DermHelpCentral This site is intended as a resource for persons who have skin disorders and/or who have visited a dermatologist. We hope it will be interactive. You can find the area you are interested in under the Category Section which is in the right hand column of this page. Please note that we do not accept any money from pharmaceutical companies or device makers. The "A How To Use" page will be helpful. Dermatology Central is a resource for persons who have skin disorders and/or who have visited a dermatologist. You can find information regarding what you wish to learn more about in the Categories Section that is located on the right hand column of this page. We hope you will find DermCentral useful. Your suggestions will be of value.The most comprehensive web site that gives information about skin disorders is: DermNet NZ. It is the brain-child of Dr. Amanda Oakley, a dermatologist from Hamilton, New Zealand.. If you have any questions about almost any skin problem, you will find basic unbiased information there. DermCentral does not try to duplicate DermNet, but provides a different type of information: treatment protocols, controversies, news articles, the latest research findings. Both sites are complimentary and will enable people who want to be managers or partners iin their own care to help then work with their physicians. You may contact us at: DermCentral Email. by Barry Kramer (2018) Cancer overdiagnosis is the detection of asymptomatic cancers, often through screening efforts, which are either non-growing, or so slow-growing that they never would have caused medical problems for the patient in the patient’s lifespan. Some of the detected tumors may even resolve spontaneously without treatment. They therefore represent an important cause of overtreatment, which can involve serious harms and toxicities such as deaths from surgery, major organ deformation or loss, and second cancers from radiation or chemotherapy.National Cancer Institute Article The 24-Hour News cycle does little to quell anxiety and actually can ramp it up. In addition, social isolation has deleterious effects on many individuals. The PBS Newshour had an enlightening 7 minute video on these topics on Sunday, March 22, 2020. You may find it helpful. In an attempt to reduce your exposure to and the spread of COVID-19 we are trying to limit the number of patients seen in our office and insure safe-distancing. At the same time, we recognize the need to evaluate all patients seeking an opinion regarding a skin problem.If you call our office, we can email you the appropriate forms for new and established patients. You can either email these back to us or send us a synopsis. Photographs will be helpful and be assured that our privacy will be respected. Ideally, photos should be taken under natural daylight.Established Patient Form.You can fill this out or just give me the information in narrative form.Your name:Your age and occupation:A brief description of the skin problem. Please send us photos, if appropriate. Let us know how long you’ve had this problem, whether it has been treated by another physician, and with what medications.General Information:Please tell me how you are doing.Do you need a refill of your medication? If so what is it and what dose are you taking.What specific questions do you have?Anything else I should know?How are you doing with the stress these days?Please let me know if you have any other specific concerns.You can email the answers to me at djelpern@gmail.com and elpern.office@gmail.com or fax them to my office at 413–458–4224.We could also use FaceTime.Thank you In an attempt to reduce your exposure to, and the spread of, COVID-19 we are trying to limit the number of patients seen in our office and insure safe personal distancing. At the same time, we recognize the need to evaluate all patients seeking an opinion regarding a skin problem.You can either email this back to us or send us a synopsis. Photographs will be helpful and be assured that our privacy will be respected. Ideally, photos should be taken under natural daylight.Your name:Your age and occupation:A brief description of the skin problem. Please send us photos, if appropriate. Let us know how long you’ve had this problem, whether it has been treated by another physician, and with what medications.General Information: In a paragraph or two, let me know:What other skin problems you may have had, whether any skin problems runs in your family, what allergies do you have, specifically to drugs and what the reaction was.Please let me know what other problems you have been treated for by physicians or other health care providers.Please let me know all medications you are taking. This includes pills, liquids, injectable medications, over-the-counter medications. Include all creams and other topical medications.Please let me know any other concerns you may have.Do you have a personal or family history of asthma, hay fever, eczema, or hives?Do you have a personal history of skin cancer? If yes, what type.Do you have a family history of skin cancer and if so what type?Are there any particular stressors in your life that we should know about?For Women Only. Are you pregnant or breast-feeding?If it’s appropriate, please let me know if you are using birth control pills or hormones.In a brief paragraph let me know if you have any other specific concerns and what comments you would like to make.It is said: If the physician listens long enough, the patient will tell her/him what the diagnosis is.”Ideally, you can email the answers to me at:Dr. Eloern’s personal email: djelpern@gmail.com Office email: elpern.office@gmail.comOffice Fax: 413–458–4224.Thank you! In an attempt to reduce your exposure to, and the community spread of, COVID-19 we are trying to limit the number of patients seen in our office. This insure safe social distancing. At the same time, we recognize the need to evaluate all patients seeking an opinion about, or needing a follow-up for, a skin problem.To this end, we have created four Patient Encounter Forms. There may be more and these will need to be fine-tuned. New Patient FormDownload New-dermatology-patient-form NEWEstablished Patient FormDownload David J Elpern Established Patient FormAccutane Patient Woman. Download David J Elpern Isotretinoin Patient Form for WomenAccutane Patient ManDownload David J Elpern Isotretinoin Patient Form for MenIf you have questions about how to take a picture of your skin problem, here is a link to a guide. This will be TMI (too much information) for most of you. The basic rule is take two to three pictures from different distances or angles and take them during daylight, when possible, and not indirect sunlight. You can contact us at:David Elpern Our OfficeOffice Telephone Number: 413-458-2800Office Fax: 413-458-4224 This is a global map updated many times a day of the spread of Covid-19 compiled by Johns Hopkins CSSE Link. The Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and funded by two parts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NCATS and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). GARD provides the public with access to current, reliable, and easy to understand information about rare or genetic diseases in English or Spanish.This is a great resource for patients, families and health care professionals. It has no commercial support and is not selling anything. Read more about GARD. The rash that leads to eschar formation. Link to Full Text.Dunn C, Rosen T.Clin Dermatol. 2019 Mar - Apr;37(2):99-108. Author informationFill Text: Download Escar DDXAbstract: When confronted with an existent or evolving eschar, the history is often the most important factor used to put the lesion into proper context. Determining whether the patient has a past medical history of significance, such as renal failure or diabetes mellitus, exposure to dead or live wildlife, or underwent a recent surgical procedure, can help differentiate between many etiologies of eschars. Similarly, the patient s overall clinical condition and the presence or absence of fever can allow infectious processes to be differentiated from other causes. This contribution is intended to help dermatologists identify and manage these various dermatologic conditions, as well as provide an algorithm that can be utilized when approaching a patient presenting with an eschar.This was a good article in Nantucket s N magazine (August 2019)When it comes to island treasures, there is the Great Point Lighthouse, the Old Mill, the Nantucket Whaling Museum—and Dr. Timothy Lepore. An enduring icon on Nantucket, Lepore was the subject of a critically acclaimed book titled Island Practice and has earned a following on the island like no other doctor. Beyond Nantucket, Lepore has developed a national reputation for his expertise in Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Patients suffering from these diseases venture from all over the world to see him. N Magazine sat down with Lepore to help demystify the confusion around Lyme disease, how it is treated, how serious an illness it is and ways in which it could be managed or eradicated on Nantucket.N MAGAZINE: What is Lyme disease?LEPORE: Lyme disease is an infection with a spirochete [a type of bacterium] of which the vector is the tick and the reservoir [or carrier] is probably the white-footed mouse, deer mouse and vole. That’s what Lyme disease is. Now, Lyme disease has a series of several different stages.Link to full article.Dr, Lepore with giant Nantucket tick

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