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Rosacea. What it looks like: Rosacea causes redness and thick skin on the face, usually clustered in the center.Easy flushing, a stinging sensation, and small, pus-filled pimples are other common ...
Tinea manuum (or tinea manus [3]) is a fungal infection of the hand. [2] It is typically more aggressive than tinea pedis but similar in look. Itching, burning, cracking, and scaling are observable and may be transmitted sexually or otherwise, whether or not symptoms are present.
[1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.
Characteristic skin loss of toxic epidermal necrolysis: Specialty: Dermatology: Symptoms: Fever, skin blisters, skin peeling, painful skin, red eyes [2] Complications: Dehydration, sepsis, pneumonia, multiple organ failure. [2] Usual onset: Age > 40 [3] Risk factors: HIV/AIDS, systemic lupus erythematosus, genetics [2] Diagnostic method
The study, which involved 106 peri- and postmenopausal women and was presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in May, indicates women should self-monitor their vasomotor symptoms and ...
[3] About three per 100,000 people per year develop the systemic form. [3] The condition most often begins in middle age. [1] Women are more often affected than men. [1] Scleroderma symptoms were first described in 1753 by Carlo Curzio [9] and then well documented in 1842. [10] The term is from the Greek skleros meaning "hard" and derma meaning ...
The skin weighs an average of four kilograms, covers an area of two square metres, and is made of three distinct layers: the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue. [1] The two main types of human skin are: glabrous skin, the hairless skin on the palms and soles (also referred to as the "palmoplantar" surfaces), and hair-bearing skin. [3]
Cherry angioma, also called cherry hemangioma [1] or Campbell de Morgan Spot, [2] is a small bright red dome-shaped bump on the skin. [3] It ranges between 0.5 – 6 mm in diameter and usually several are present, typically on the chest and arms, and increasing in number with age. [3] [4] If scratched, they may bleed. [5]