The Basics

  Why is it so difficult to diagnose PRP? Dan M, Rutland, Vermont, a dermatologist, was diagnosed with PRP in July, 2015 and is currently in remission. He posted the following to fellow members of the PRP Facebook Support Group. “PRP can mimic other much more common skin  like contact dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.  A […]

How do PRP symptoms progress over the body? The PRP timeline varies from sequential to haphazard. For some PRP patients the inflammation spreads like a wildfire. Others watch a slow, methodical movement from “hither to yon” where neither hither nor yon is predictable. Here are some of the symptoms fellow PRP patients and their caregivers

When a dermatologist examines a patient who will eventually be diagnosed with PRP, they may see signs and symptoms that suggest a more common skin disorder. When that dermatologist combines medical training, clinical observations and biopsies and makes a diagnosis of psoriasis or atopic dermatitis, it is called a differential diagnosis — not a mistake. A differential diagnosis

How is PRP Diagnosed? The rendering of an “official” diagnosis of pityriasis rubra pilaris requires two elements: clinical observation AND a biopsy that “supports” a diagnosis of PRP.  Clinical observations of a trained dermatologist When a yet-to-be diagnosed PRP patient is seen by a dermatologist, the scope of the symptoms may vary from a small