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Why Patients with Vasculitis and Pyoderma Gangrenosum Don’t Get Pain Management and the MATE Act

Why Patients with Vasculitis and Pyoderma Gangrenosum Don’t Get Pain Management and the MATE Act

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 19, 2025 | Pyoderma Gangrenosum

I felt guilty the day I decided I could no longer prescribe opioid pain medications to patients with severely painful wounds. I didn’t prescribe narcotics very often since that’s a bad way to treat any chronic pain, but it is sometimes necessary in acute vasculitis...
UBC Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patient Registry – Another Opportunity for Patients

UBC Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patient Registry – Another Opportunity for Patients

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 2, 2025 | Pyoderma Gangrenosum

If you have a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), also tell them about the Boehringer Ingelheim(BI) PG registry being conducted by United BioSource, LLC. As wound care practitioners know, PG is not well understood and there is currently no standardized therapy for...
Pyoderma Gangrenosum and the International PyGaTe Registry – Guest Blog by Dr.  Alex G. Ortega-Loayza

Pyoderma Gangrenosum and the International PyGaTe Registry – Guest Blog by Dr. Alex G. Ortega-Loayza

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 31, 2025 | Pyoderma Gangrenosum

If you are a wound care practitioner, I guarantee that you have seen pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). And no matter how attuned you are to the disease, I guarantee you have missed some — because I have. The number of “head slap” moments I have had about PG is...
A New Review Article on Pyoderma Grangrenosum by Dr. Alex Loayza!

A New Review Article on Pyoderma Grangrenosum by Dr. Alex Loayza!

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 21, 2025 | Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Check out this fantastic review article about pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) by Dr. Alex Loayza and colleagues from the Oregon Health and Science University’s Department of Dermatology. Dr. Loayza has been incredibly generous with his time and expertise when wound care...
Not Every Peristomal Ulceration is PG – Check Out This Case Report in JAMA Dermatology

Not Every Peristomal Ulceration is PG – Check Out This Case Report in JAMA Dermatology

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 29, 2024 | Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Caputo and Colleagues recently published a case report in JAMA Dermatology Clinicopathological Challenge, “Peristomal Erosion in a Man With Crohn Disease.” It’s available open access. The case is of a man in his 50’s with a 10-year history of Crohn’s...
A Case of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Successfully Treated with Vilobelimab (the COVID Antibody)

A Case of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Successfully Treated with Vilobelimab (the COVID Antibody)

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 16, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Pyoderma Gangrenosum

I have a special interest in Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG) because once I learned the clinical characteristics, I realized that PG is incredibly common in wound center patients –although sadly, it is uncommonly diagnosed. These patients suffer terribly because they get...
Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum (Need Your Help Again!)

Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum (Need Your Help Again!)

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 10, 2023 | Pyoderma Gangrenosum

In January, I asked for your help with a survey about amputations due to pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). Thanks to all of those who responded, and my apologies that I am asking you to do it again. Let’s just say that there were technical difficulties with the survey (not...
Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patients: Underreported or Very Rare? | Today’s Wound Clinic

Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patients: Underreported or Very Rare? | Today’s Wound Clinic

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 12, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight, Pyoderma Gangrenosum

In my 30-plus years of practicing wound care, I have developed an unwelcome amount of experience with Pyoderma gangrenosum. It’s not been uncommon for me to have 8 patients with PG at any given time (and I’m sure I’ve missed some). PG can range in spectrum from a...
At Last! Hope for Patients with Pyoderma Gangrenosum! Share This Information About a Clinical Trial.

At Last! Hope for Patients with Pyoderma Gangrenosum! Share This Information About a Clinical Trial.

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 30, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an inflammatory skin disorder that causes excruciatingly painful skin ulcerations. It’s supposed to be rare, but it’s only rarely diagnosed. At any given time, I will have 8 or 10 patients with PG in my practice. Biopsies fail to diagnose...
Pyoderma Gangrenosum, PASH, and Playing the Odds

Pyoderma Gangrenosum, PASH, and Playing the Odds

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 18, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Pyoderma Gangrenosum

This is a story that only happens in the world of chronic wounds. It illustrates why wound care practitioners need to keep asking “What is this wound a symptom OF?” It also illustrates why patients often get worse care as a result of medical specialization because the...
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