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What is Grover's disease of the skin?
Skin Health | Last Active: Jan 15 9:36pm | Replies (165)Comment receiving replies
This is interesting - I have a similar skin problem that appeared in the last few months. It will flare up and then disappear. How did you happen to be diagnosed? Was it diagnosed by an infectious disease doctor, dermatologist or PCP? Could it be Covid and/or Covid vaccine related?
Hope to hear from you. Thank you.
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It could be Covid or Covid vaccine related only to the extent that both cause inflammation, which can precipitate a Grover's flare up. Grover's results from cellular connections between the cells being broken. The medical name for Grover's Transient Acantholytic Dermatosis.
Acantholysis means loss of coherence between epidermal cells due to the breakdown of intercellular bridges. The cause of Grover's Disease is unknown.
It is diagnosed by a punch biopsy, usually by a dermatologist.
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I was diagnosed by biopsy from a dermatologist in 2019. I believe now that this is an immune response, I have just read a very recent medical article which indicates it could be type 2 inflammation. It may be called Grover’s Disease but I think there’s more to it than the information which describes that condition.