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My HS Care Card

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A few short, optional questions about your HS, your usual pattern and today.

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About my HS

There is no wrong answer here — this only decides how the card describes your diagnosis.

Has a healthcare professional diagnosed you with hidradenitis suppurativa / Acne Inversa?

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My usual pattern

This describes your usual HS history — not today's problem.

Where does HS usually affect you? (optional)
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What's different today?

This may be the most useful thing on the whole card — describe it in your own words.

Is today's problem different from your usual HS?

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Current HS treatment

Optional. This is your own report, not a prescription — it will be labelled as patient-provided.

No dose is asked for or calculated here. Add only what you want a clinician to see.

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Previous procedures in the affected area

Optional, and only if relevant to the area affected today.

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My usual HS care

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My HS Care Card

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For the treating clinician

HS is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that can produce painful nodules, abscess-like lesions, tunnels, drainage and scarring.

This card does not establish the cause of today's symptoms. Please assess for infection and other acute diagnoses when clinically indicated.

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Evidence & review

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Emergency-medicine literature repeatedly identifies distinguishing an HS flare from infection as a genuine clinical challenge, and describes frequent HS-related emergency-department use alongside comparatively low dermatology follow-up.

The card itself contains no medical claim to review beyond a reader's own selections and free text — the claims live in the clinician-facing information page it links to, sourced separately below.

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My HS Home See this card alongside every other tool you've saved, in one dashboard — no account needed. When Should I Seek Medical Help? The site's one page for routine review, prompt assessment and emergency care — this card links to it rather than duplicating it. My HS Flare Plan What to do during a difficult flare, agreed in advance with your own treatment team. My HS Care Team Where different specialties fit into ongoing HS care. Find an HS Specialist A directory for finding dermatology follow-up after an acute visit.

Sources

  1. Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department Journal of Emergency Medicine (PubMed) · Checked: 2026-08-29
  2. Differentiating hidradenitis suppurativa flare from infection in the emergency department American Journal of Emergency Medicine (PubMed) · Checked: 2026-08-29
  3. Diagnosis and management of hidradenitis suppurativa: a review for the emergency clinician Emergency Medicine Journal (PubMed) · Checked: 2026-08-29
  4. Factors Associated With Dermatologic Follow-up vs Emergency Department Return in Patients With Hidradenitis Suppurativa JAMA Dermatology (PubMed) · Checked: 2026-08-29
  5. Evaluating Patients' Unmet Needs in Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Global VOICE Project) Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (PubMed) · Checked: 2026-08-29
  6. Assessing Unmet Needs in Patients With Hidradenitis Suppurativa Archives of Dermatological Research (PubMed) · Checked: 2026-08-29
  7. Hidradenitis suppurativa: Diagnosis and treatment American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) · Checked: 2026-08-29