Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Hunter Steinitz (born October 17, 1994) as of June 2010 was 16 and one of only twelve Americans living with the disease, and was profiled on National Geographic's "Extraordinary Humans: Skin" special. [37] Mui Thomas (born in 1992 in Hong Kong) was 24 as of 2016 and qualified as the first rugby referee with harlequin ichthyosis. [38]
Ichthyosis (also named fish scale disease) [1] is a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin. [2] The more than 20 types of ichthyosis range in severity of symptoms, outward appearance, underlying genetic cause and mode of inheritance (e.g., dominant, recessive, autosomal or X-linked). [3]
Ichthyosis hystrix is a group of rare skin disorders in the ichthyosis family of skin disorders characterized by massive hyperkeratosis with an appearance like spiny scales. [1] This term is also used to refer to a type of epidermal nevi with extensive bilateral distribution.
Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei. [1] Most people exposed to B. pseudomallei experience no symptoms; however, those who do experience symptoms have signs and symptoms that range from mild, such as fever and skin changes, to severe with pneumonia, abscesses, and septic shock that could cause death. [1]
In addition, it may occur in other parts of the body in some people treated for inflammatory skin diseases with phototherapy. [2] The rash is usually quite symmetrical and characteristic for each individual, appearing similar with each recurrence, but can look dissimilar in different people. [10]
Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP) is a rare skin disease, in which pus-filled blisters often cover large areas of the body and typically cause fever, shivers, intense itching and joint pain.
The disrupted skin barrier function in affected individuals also presents a high susceptibility to infection and allergy, leading to the development of scaly, reddish skin similar to atopic dermatitis. [5] In severe cases, these atopic manifestations persist throughout the individual's life, and consequently post-natal mortality rates are high.
A 2022 statement from the World Health Organization (WHO), defines the term this way: “Disease X is [used] to indicate an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic.”