[The effect of drugs used in treatment of skin disorders on visual system].

Drugs with side effects affecting vision are often used in the treatment of skin disorders. The study evaluated principal groups of medicines which may negatively influence vision and the eye itself. Antimalaric drugs may cause a number of disorders of vision and a diagnosed retinophaty is an absolute contraindication.

The Assessment of Selected Bone and Cartilage Biomarkers in Psoriatic Patients from Poland.

Background: Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease in which joints involvement may be insidious and difficult to detect. Bone and cartilage biomarkers may be helpful in screening patients with psoriasis for psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Objectives: To assess bone and cartilage serum biomarkers in psoriasis.

Future diagnosis, today's treatment - cardiomyopathy in the course of psoriasis: a case report.

Psoriasis is a relatively common, chronic skin disease of inflammatory origin. In recent years, public attention has been drawn to a more and more frequently observed relationship between psoriasis and cardiovascular disease. Nowadays, psoriasis is independently held responsible for increased cardiovascular mortality.

Serum levels of selected Th17 and Th22 cytokines in psoriatic patients.

Introduction: Psoriasis is a T cell-mediated inflammatory disease in which pathogenesis T helper (Th) lymphocytes (Th1, Th17, and Th22) play an important role. The aim of the study was to assess the serum levels of some cytokines involved in the Th17 and Th22 responses in psoriatic patients.

Material And Methods: The study comprised 60 psoriatic patients and 30 healthy controls.

Cutaneous larva migrans syndrome: a case report.

Cutaneous larva migrans (CML) is a frequent parasitic infestation caused by migration of animal hookworm larvae into the human epidermis. This skin disease is common in warmer climates among people, who have contact with contaminated soil. Clinical manifestation of CML is an itchy, erythematous, linear tract, which appears days to even months after exposure to infested sand or soil.