A brief explanation of Sweet's syndrome triggers (pinned post)

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In approx. 66% of Sweet's syndrome (SS) patients their condition doesn't return after initial treatment. Approx. 33% will experience repeat flare-ups, particularly if they've developed their SS secondary to another condition. Triggers and underlying conditions include:

- Infection, mainly upper respiratory tract infection, e.g. cough, sore throat, flu, sinusitis, AND gastrointestinal.

- Cancer (approx. 20%), mainly myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukaemia.

- Inflammatory bowel disease - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

- Autoimmune disease, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus.

- Medication (12%).

- Pregnancy.

- Immmunodeficiency, e.g. common variable immune deficiency.

- Skin damage (pathergy).

- Overexposure to UV light/sunlight.

- Herbal products (arnica cream and Indian frankincense supplements).

- Vaccination (22 cases. 10 of these associated with SARS-CoV2 vaccine -3 Pfizer, 2 AstraZeneca, 2 Moderna, 1 Janssen, 1 Sinovac-CoronaVac, 1 unspecified - don't have free full-text link).

In approx. 50% of SS patients there is no known trigger.

Michelle (Administrator).

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Sweet's syndrome – a comprehensive review of an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, Cohen 2007.

- Table 3. Medications associated with drug-induced Sweet's syndrome.

- Table 5. Sweet's syndrome and probably associated conditions.

- Table 6. Sweet's syndrome and possibly associated conditions.

- Table 7. Conditions for which the validity of their association in Sweet's syndrome patients remains to be established.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

This article was published in 2007, and over the past 12 years more research has shown that there is a connection/possible connection between SS and other conditions.

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Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome), DermNet NZ dermnetnz.org/topics/acute-...

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Pathergy test, StatPearls ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK5...

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Updated. See info on SARS-CoV2 vaccine.

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Vaccine-induced Sweet's syndrome helpforsweetssyndromeuk.wor...