Walking Inability in a Patient with Darier Disease and its Sociomedical Care / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

The patient was a 38-year-old man suffering from walking inability due to Darier's disease mainly involving both soles. The plantar areas showed persistent painful keratotic plaques and erosive fissures. Continuing dermatological treatment did not give him relief from the plantar pain and the actual physical inability. We approached the illness sociomedically to get him relief from the painful soles and helped him get a disability license from the social welfare department of his city, by which he could get an economical automobile for his purpose. We think that dermatologists shoulds try to help the patients with intractable dermatoses not only by medical treatment but also by a social welfare approach.