Disease characteristics in female and male Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

The continuously growing interest in the study of gender medicine in the last years has led to increased awareness of the differences between men and women in the clinical presentation, pathophysiology, management, and prognosis of a wide variety of diseases, including skin diseases. Gender differences in disease characteristics can be influenced by numerous factors, e.g. the effect of sex hormones, anatomy, physiology, and genetics. Variances in skin structure and physiology between the sexes can also contribute to different expressions of certain skin disorders.