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Hidradenitis Suppurativa Decision Aid

  • 1. Introduction

    Learn more about hidradenitis suppurativa.

  • 2. My Options

    Read about available treatments.

  • 3. My Skin

    Learn about your hidradenitis suppurativa.

  • 4. My Values

    Express what is important to you.

  • 5. My Trade-offs

    Compare treatments with your values.

  • 6. My Decision

    Your results and next steps.

My Trade-offs

Hover overTap and hold the coloured circle for more information.

Each colour shows how well a treatment might match the values you said were important to you.

  • Treatment might match that value very well
  • Treatment might match that value somewhat
  • Treatment might not match that value
  • Some of these treatments might match that value very well and others only somewhat.
  • Some of these treatments might match that value somewhat and others might not. Hover overTap and hold the circle to learn more.

The values on the left are listed in the order you placed them in the "My Values" step. The values are listed from top to bottom in the order you placed them in the "My Values" step.

From most important to least.

Importance
No TreatmentTopicalSystemicBiologicSystemic ImmunosuppressantLightSurgicalComplementary & Alternative
Risk of serious side effects
No Treatment
Topical
Systemic
Biological
Systemic Immunosuppressant
Light
Surgical
Complementary & Alternative
Speed of results
No Treatment
Topical
Systemic
Biologic
Systemic Immunosuppressant
Light
Surgical
Complementary & Alternative
Convenience
No Treatment
Topical
Systemic
Biologic
Systemic Immunosuppressant
Light
Surgical
Complementary & Alternative
Cost
No Treatment
Topical
Systemic
Biologic
Systemic Immunosuppressant
Light
Surgical
Complementary & Alternative
How well treatment works
No Treatment
Topical
Systemic
Biologic
Systemic Immunosuppressant
Light
Surgical
Complementary & Alternative
Length of treatment
No Treatment
Topical
Systemic
Biologic
Systemic Immunosuppressant
Light
Surgical
Complementary & Alternative

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Last Updated: July 2019