Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune pruritic skin disease preferentially in older people, aged over 60, that may involve the formation of blisters (bullae) in the space between the epidermal and dermal skin layers. The disorder is a type of pemphigoid. It is classified as a type II hypersensitivity reaction, with the formation of anti-hemidesmosome antibodies.
Bullous pemphigoid በጣም የተለመደ ራስን የመከላከል ቡልስ (bullous) ፔምፊጎይድ (pemphigoid) በሽታ፣በተለምዶ አዛውንቶችን የሚያጠቃ ነው። ከቅርብ አሥርተ ዓመታት ወዲህ ያለው የጉዳይ መጨመር ከእርጅና ጋር የተቆራኘ ነው፣ ከመድኃኒት ጋር በተያያዙ ጉዳዮች፣ እና ለበሽታ ላልሆኑ ዓይነቶች የተሻሻሉ የምርመራ ዘዴዎች። በቲ-ሴል (T cell) ምላሽ ላይ ብልሽትን ያካትታል እና የተወሰኑ ፕሮቲኖችን (BP180 እና BP230) ላይ ያነጣጠሩ አውቶአንቲቦዲዎች (IgG እና IgE) መፈጠርን ያካትታል ይህም የቆዳውን የድጋፍ መዋቅር መበላሸትን ያስከትላል። ምልክቶቹ ብዙውን ጊዜ ተገባች ብልሽቶች በኦርቲካሪያል ፕላክ ላይ በአካል እና በእግር ላይ ይታያሉ። ሕክምናው በዋነኝነት በኃይለኛ የቦታዊ እና የሲስተም ስተሮይዶች (steroids) ላይ የተመሰረተ ነው፣ በቅርብ ጊዜ የተደረጉ ጥናቶች የስተሮይድ (steroid) አጠቃቀምን ለመቀነስ የታለሙ ተጨማሪ ሕክምናዎች (doxycycline, dapsone, immunosuppressants) ጥቅሞችን እና ደህንነትን አጉልተው ያሳያሉ። Bullous pemphigoid is the most frequent autoimmune bullous disease and mainly affects elderly individuals. Increase in incidence rates in the past decades has been attributed to population aging, drug-induced cases and improvement in the diagnosis of the nonbullous presentations of the disease. A dysregulated T cell immune response and synthesis of IgG and IgE autoantibodies against hemidesmosomal proteins (BP180 and BP230) lead to neutrophil chemotaxis and degradation of the basement membrane zone. Bullous pemphigoid classically manifests with tense blisters over urticarial plaques on the trunk and extremities accompanied by intense pruritus. Mucosal involvement is rarely reported. High potency topical steroids and systemic steroids are the current mainstay of therapy. Recent randomized controlled studies have demonstrated the benefit and safety of adjuvant treatment with doxycycline, dapsone and immunosuppressants aiming a reduction in the cumulative steroid dose and mortality.