{"title":"Hypothermia caused by psoriasis.","authors":"Harri Ruhanen, Satu Wastimo, Matti Reinikainen","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe psoriasis can lead to erythroderma, which is a widespread inflammatory condition of the skin. Erythroderma increases the amount of water evaporating from the skin and heat loss. We present a case of severe hypothermia with rectal temperature of 29.3 °C caused by psoriasis and a septic infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":72850,"journal":{"name":"Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja","volume":"133 1","pages":"85-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Severe psoriasis can lead to erythroderma, which is a widespread inflammatory condition of the skin. Erythroderma increases the amount of water evaporating from the skin and heat loss. We present a case of severe hypothermia with rectal temperature of 29.3 °C caused by psoriasis and a septic infection.