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What are skin disease?

Skin is the large organ that covers and protects your body. Skin has many functions. It works to


Skin disease or infections are conditions affecting the skin. These are diseases that can cause inflammation, itchiness, rashes, and other skin changes. Certain skin conditions are genetic, while there are others caused due to lifestyle factors, allergies, irritants, certain diseases, and immune system problems can cause skin conditions.

What are the causes of skin disease?

Certain lifestyle factors can lead to the development of a skin disease. Underlying health conditions may affect your skin, too. Some of the most common causes of skin problems include:

What are the type of skin disease?

Some skin diseases are minor. Others cause severe symptoms. Skin diseases can greatly vary in severity and symptoms, and they can be permanent or temporary, painful or painless. Some skin infections can be minor, while others can be life-threatening.

Acne

Acne, the most common skin disorder, in adults. Acne It is caused when blocked skin follicles from a plug caused by oil from glands, bacteria, and dead cells clump together and swell. Acne is commonly located on the face, neck, shoulders, chest, and upper back. Breakouts on the skin are composed of redness, blackheads, whiteheads, pimples, or deep, painful cysts and nodules. This condition may leave scars or darken the skin if untreated.

Actinic Keratosis

Actinic keratoses usually develop in areas that’ve been damaged by years of sun exposure such as the hands, arms, face, scalp, and neck. Actinic Keratosis is a condition, which causes a thick, scaly, or crusty skin patch. It’s typically less than 2 cm or about the size of a pencil eraser. The skin patch is usually pink in color but can have a brown, tan, or gray base.

Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata is a disease that happens when the immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair loss and usually affects the head and face. In most cases, hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter, but in some cases, hair loss is more extensive. Alopecia areata typically begins with sudden loss of round or oval patches of hair on the scalp, but any part of the body may be affected, such as the beard area in men, or the eyebrows or eyelashes. There is usually no sign of a rash, redness, or scarring on the bare patches.

Athlete’s Foot (Tinea Pedis)

 

Athlete's foot is a common fungal infection that most people get from walking barefoot in moist public places, like a swimming pool deck or locker room. Athlete’s foot can lead to extreme itching, redness, and cracked skin on the feet and in between the toes. If fungus creeps under your toe nails, which can appear as a white, yellow or brown color with crumbly texture to your nail.

Atopic Dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is one of the most common forms of eczema seen in children. Atopic dermatitis can appear on the face especially in infants, hands, feet or in the creases and folds of the skin. Dry, scaly and itchy skin are the norm, and constant scratching may lead to a thickened area. While eczema often occurs in people with allergies.  It is a skin disease causing much itchiness. Scratching leads to redness, swelling, cracking, weeping clear fluid, crusting, and scaling.

Blister

Blisters are small pockets of fluid that usually form in the upper layers of skin after it's been damaged. Blisters can develop anywhere on the body but are most common on the hands and feet. Blisters (vesicles) are raised parts of skin filled with fluid, often caused by ill-fitting shoes. These fluid-filled bubbles are a painful. Most blisters are filled with a clear fluid (serum), but may be filled with blood (blood blisters) or pus if they become inflamed or infected.

Carbuncle

A carbuncle is an infection of the hair follicle(s) that extends into the surrounding skin and deep underlying subcutaneous tissue. They typically present as an erythematous, tender, inflamed, fluctuant nodule with multiple draining sinus tracts or pustules on the surface. The infected mass is filled with fluid, pus, and dead tissue. Fluid may drain out of the carbuncle, but sometimes the mass is so deep that it cannot drain on its own. Most carbuncles are caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.

Cellulitis

Cellulitis is a common bacterial skin infection that causes redness, swelling, and pain in the infected area of the skin. If untreated, it can spread and cause serious health problems. Good wound care and hygiene are important for preventing cellulitis. Most common causes of cellulitis group A Streptococcus. Cellulitis appears as a red, swollen, and painful area of skin that is warm and tender to the touch. The skin may look pitted, like the peel of an orange, or blisters may appear on the affected skin. Some people may also develop fever and chills. Cellulitis can appear anywhere on the body, but most common on the feet and legs.

Chicken pox

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It can cause an itchy, blister-like rash among other symptoms. The rash first appears on the chest, back, and face, and then spreads over the entire body. Chickenpox can be spread very easily to others from 1 to 2 days before blisters appear until all the blisters have crusted over. Other typical symptoms that may begin to appear one to two days before rash include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, headache.

Cold Sore

Cold sores, or fever blisters, are a common viral infection. They are tiny, fluid-filled blisters on and around the lips. These blisters are often grouped together in patches. After the blisters break, a scab forms that can last several days. Cold sores spread from person to person by close contact, such as kissing. They're usually caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), and less commonly herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). A cold sore usually passes through several stages Tingling and itching, Blisters, Oozing and crusting. 

Contact Dermatitis

Contact dermatitis is a rash on your skin that develops when you come into contact with something you’re allergic to or something that irritated your skin. The rash can swell and be itchy and uncomfortable. Avoiding what caused your rash helps prevent it from returning. Contact dermatitis occurs when your skin reacts to a particular substance. Contact dermatitis causes the skin to become itchy, blistered, dry and cracked. Lighter skin can become red, and darker skin can become dark brown, purple or grey. This reaction usually occurs within a few hours or days of exposure to an irritant or allergen.

Diaper Rash

Diaper rash is a common form of irritated skin (dermatitis) that looks like patches of inflamed skin on your baby's bottom. It's often related to wet or infrequently changed diapers, skin sensitivity, and chafing. It usually affects babies, though anyone who wears a diaper regularly can develop the condition. Symptoms of diaper rash include inflamed skin in the diaper area — buttocks, thighs and genitals, itchy, tender skin in the diaper area, sores in the diaper area, discomfort, fussiness or crying, especially during diaper changes.

Eczema

Eczema is a skin condition that causes dry and itchy patches of skin. Symptoms of eczema can flare up if you contact an irritant or an allergen. Eczema is a condition that causes your skin to become dry, itchy and bumpy. This condition weakens your skin’s barrier function, which is responsible for helping your skin retain moisture and protecting your body from outside elements. The first signs of eczema are itchiness, dry skin and a rash. These signs indicate that you came into contact with a trigger in your environment that caused your symptoms to start or flare up.

Epidermolysis Bullosa

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of rare diseases that cause the skin to blister easily. Epidermolysis bullosa causes blisters, which quickly burst and leave slow-healing wounds like the one on this baby's knee. The skin blisters because it's so fragile. The fragile skin is usually noticeable at birth. EB is caused by a faulty gene (gene mutation) that makes skin more fragile.

Hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children.Virus causing sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. The condition is spread by direct contact with saliva or mucus. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, feeling unwell, irritability and loss of appetite. The usual period from initial infection to the time symptoms appear (incubation period) is 3 to 6 days. Children may get a fever and develop a sore throat. They sometimes lose their appetites and don't feel well. 

Herpes Zoster (Shingles)

Shingles virus (herpes zoster) results in a red, blistered rash that may wrap around your torso or appear anywhere on your body. A fever, fatigue and headache may occur, too. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox - the varicella-zoster virus. When the chickenpox cleared, the virus moved from your skin to your nerves. Should this virus travel back to your skin, you will get shingles instead of chickenpox.

Hives (Urticaria)

Hives is a common skin rash triggered by many things, including certain foods, medication and stress. Symptoms include itchy, raised, red or skin-coloured welts on the skin's surface. This is a skin reaction that causes bumps, raised patches, or both to suddenly appear on the skin. The bumps and raised patches are often itchy and may look swollen. The medical name for hives is urticaria.  When the body mistakenly releases histamine and hives develop, the cause is often one of the following: An allergic reaction. Overreaction to heat, sweat, or cold. Stress.

Ichthyosis

Ichthyosis is a group of skin disorders that lead to dry, itchy skin that appears scaly, rough, and red. The symptoms can range from mild to severe. Ichthyosis can affect only the skin, but some forms of the disease can affect internal organs as well.  Most cases of ichthyosis are inherited, but some types develop in association with genetic syndromes or diseases, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma. Symptoms depend on the type of ichthyosis. The most common symptoms include pain and dry, scaly skin. Medication containing salicylic acid or urea may relieve dryness and ease scaliness. Severe cases may need vitamin A derivatives called retinoids.

Impetigo

Impetigo is a skin infection caused by one or both of the following bacteria: group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. This page focuses on impetigo caused by group A Streptococcus (group A strep). The bacteria can infect the skin in two main ways: through a break in otherwise healthy skin – such as a cut, insect bite or other injury – this is known as primary impetigo. Another name for impetigo is infantigo. Impetigo mainly affects infants and children. The main symptom is red sores that form around the nose and mouth. The sores rupture, ooze for a few days, then form a yellow-brown crust. A highly contagious skin infection that causes red sores on the face.

Keratosis pilaris

Keratosis pilaris  skin condition that causes dry, rough patches and tiny bumps, often on the upper arms, thighs, cheeks or buttocks. The bumps usually don't hurt or itch. Keratosis pilaris is often considered a common variant of skin. This condition develops when the skin produces too much of a protein called keratin, which can block hair follicles and cause bumps to develop. The bumps are usually on the arms, thighs, cheeks and buttocks. They're white, sometimes red, and typically don't hurt or itch. Keratosis pilaris, sometimes called “chicken skin,” is a common skin condition that causes patches of rough-feeling bumps to appear on the skin.

Lupus

Lupus is a disease that occurs when your body's immune system attacks your own tissues and organs (autoimmune disease). It can cause a wide range of symptoms throughout the body. Inflammation caused by lupus can affect many different body systems — including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. Symptoms vary but can include fatigue, joint pain, rash and fever. These can periodically get worse (flare up) and then improve.

Measles

Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death. A viral infection that's serious for small children but is easily preventable by a vaccine. The disease spreads through the air by respiratory droplets produced from coughing or sneezing. Measles symptoms don't appear until 10 to 14 days after exposure. They include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever and a red, blotchy skin rash. The infection occurs in stages over 2 to 3 weeks.

Pachyonychia

Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a very rare genetic disorder that affects the skin and nails. The symptoms usually begin at birth or early in life, and the condition affects people of both sexes and all racial and ethnic groups. The calluses can make walking painful or impossible. In some affected individuals, blisters, bundles of blood vessels and nerves, or a deep itch may develop under or near the calluses, increasing pain and discomfort. Most people with pachyonychia congenita also show some signs of hypertrophic nail dystrophy, which causes the fingernails and toenails to become thick and abnormally shaped. The number of affected nails varies.

Pemphigus

Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune skin conditions that cause sores, blisters or fluid-filled bumps to form on your skin and mucus membranes and the inside of the mouth, nose, throat, eyes, and genitals. Pemphigus is a disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks cells in the top layer of the skin and the mucous membranes. Pemphigus vulgaris is caused by a problem with the immune system, which is the body's defence against infection.  Instead of attacking germs, something goes wrong with the immune system and it attacks the skin by mistake. This damages the skin and causes blisters to appear.

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease that causes inflammation in the body. Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes a rash with itchy, scaly patches, most commonly on the knees, elbows, trunk and scalp. Psoriasis is a common, long-term (chronic) disease with no cure. It can be painful, interfere with sleep and make it hard to concentrate.  This occurs because the overactive immune system speeds up skin cell growth. With psoriasis, skin cells do this in only three or four days. Instead of shedding, the skin cells pile up on the surface of the skin. Some people report that psoriasis plaques itch, burn, and sting. Plaques and scales may appear on any part of the body, although they are commonly found on the elbows, knees, and scalp.

Rashes from Bacterial or Fungal infection

A fungus is a tiny organism, such as mold or mildew. Fungi are everywhere — in the air and water and on the human body. About half of fungi are harmful. If one of the harmful fungi lands on your skin, it can cause a fungal infection. You may develop a rash or feel itchy. Anyone can develop a fungal rash. Superficial infections of the skin and nails are cited as the most common form of infection. A fungal skin infection often looks bright red and can spread across a large area. A fungal skin rash may also have characteristics including color more intense at the border, scale more intense at the border, smaller, more defined lesions (pustules) at the edges of the rash area.

Raynaud’s Phenomenon 

Raynaud’s  syndrome is a disorder that affects small blood vessels in your fingers and toes. It may also affect blood vessels in your nose, lips or ear lobes. Raynaud’s causes you to have episodic spasms, called vasospastic attacks, in response to cold temperatures or stress. There are two main types of Raynaud’s syndrome Primary Raynaud’s syndrome and Secondary Raynaud’s syndrome. A condition in which some areas of the body feel numb and cool in certain circumstances. It's often accompanied by changes in the colour of the skin.

Ringworm

Ringworm is a contagious fungal infection caused by common mold-like parasites that live on the cells in the outer layer of your skin. It can be spread in the following ways Human to human. Ringworm often spreads by direct, skin-to-skin contact with an infected person. Animal to human. A highly contagious fungal infection of the skin or scalp. Ringworm of the scalp is common in children, where it may cause bald patches. The infection initially appears as discolored, often scaly patches on affected areas. These patches typically appear red on lighter skin or brown-gray on darker skin. 

Rosacea

Rosacea is a long-term disease that causes reddened skin and pimples, usually on the face. It can also make the skin thicker and cause eye problems. Rosacea often begins with a tendency to blush or flush easily. In people with dark skin, the affected area may be darker and warmer than surrounding skin. There are four subtypes, Erythematotelangiectatic rosacea, Ocular rosacea, Papulopustular rosacea and Phymatous rosacea. 

Scleroderma

Scleroderma is a chronic, autoimmune connective tissue disorder that is primarily characterized by thickening and hardening of the skin and other tissue. In localized scleroderma, the skin is the main organ system involved and muscles and bones may or may not be. Symptoms include tightening of the skin, joint pain, exaggerated response to cold and heartburn. Chronic hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. scleroderma also can affect many other parts of the body including the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, muscles and joints. Scleroderma in its most severe forms can be life-threatening.

Seborrheic dermatitis

Seborrheic dermatitis is a common, noncontagious, easy-to-manage skin condition. This type of dermatitis causes itchy red patches and greasy scales on your skin along with white or yellow crusty or powdery flakes on your scalp. Seborrheic dermatitis can occur in other areas of your body. These are areas with the most sebaceous (oil) gland activity: your upper back and chest, face/forehead, the creases at the base of your nose, behind your ears, navel, eyebrows, under your breasts and in the creases/bends of your arms, legs and groin. It appears as red, dry, flaky, itchy skin on the scalp and other parts of the body.

Vitiligo

Vitiligo is a disease that causes areas of skin to lose color, resulting in spots and patches of lighter skin. Some people develop a few spots. Others have more widespread color loss.  It happens because cells that make color in your skin are destroyed. Vitiligo usually begins with a few small lighter patches that develop on the skin. These patches may stay the same size for years or grow larger. When vitiligo causes scattered patches of color loss on different areas of the body, it’s called generalized vitiligo. While rare, some people lose most of their skin color. This is called universal vitiligo.

Lichen planus

 

Lichen planus occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks cells of the skin or mucous membranes. Lichen planus (LIE-kun PLAY-nus) is a condition of the skin, hair, nails, mouth and genitals. On skin, lichen planus often appears as purple, itchy, flat bumps that develop over several weeks. In the mouth and genital mucosa, lichen planus forms lacy white patches, sometimes with painful sores.  There may be several contributing factors include viral infections, allergens, stress, genetics.

Dandruff

 

Dandruff is a common scalp condition in which small pieces of dry skin flake off of the scalp. Dandruff may also make your scalp itch. Dandruff signs and symptoms may include skin flakes on your scalp, hair, eyebrows, beard or mustache, and shoulders, itchy scalp, scaly, crusty scalp in infants with cradle cap. Dandruff may have several causes, including irritated, oily skin, dry skin, yeastlike fungus that feeds on oils on the scalps, sensitivity to hair care products, other skin conditions, such as psoriasis and eczema.

How skin disease are diagnosed?

Lab investigation by removing a small piece of skin to examine under a microscope. Culture, taking a skin sample to test for bacteria, fungus or viruses. Skin patch test, applying small amounts of substances to test for allergic reactions. A skin test is used to help diagnose a variety of skin conditions. Black light examination (Wood light test), using an ultraviolet (UV) light to view your skin’s pigment more clearly.