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Foxing is an age-related process of deterioration that causes spots and browning on old paper documents such as books, postage stamps, old paper money and certificates. The name may be a variant form of the English West country dialect term foust and Scots foze , to become moldy. [ 1 ]
Port-wine stains persist throughout life. [3] The area of skin affected grows in proportion to general growth. Port-wine stains occur most often on the face but can appear anywhere on the body, particularly on the neck, upper trunk, arms and legs. [2] [4] Early stains are usually flat and pink in
Continuous stationery (UK) or continuous form paper (US) is paper which is designed for use with dot-matrix and line printers with appropriate paper-feed mechanisms. Other names include fan-fold paper , sprocket-feed paper , burst paper , lineflow (New Zealand), tractor-feed paper , and pin-feed paper .
Folliculitis is the infection and inflammation of one or more hair follicles.The condition may occur anywhere on hair-covered skin.The rash may appear as pimples that come to white tips on the face, chest, back, arms, legs, buttocks, or head.
Erysipelas (/ ˌ ɛ r ə ˈ s ɪ p ə l ə s /) is a relatively common bacterial infection of the superficial layer of the skin (upper dermis), extending to the superficial lymphatic vessels within the skin, characterized by a raised, well-defined, tender, bright red rash, typically on the face or legs, but which can occur anywhere on the skin.
Ropalidia marginata is an Old World species of paper wasp. It is primitively eusocial , not showing the same bias in brood care seen in other social insects with greater asymmetry in relatedness. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The species employs a variety of colony founding strategies, sometimes with single founders and sometimes in groups of variable number. [ 3 ]
Blisters and erosions cover between 3% and 10% of the body in SJS, 11–30% in SJS/TEN overlap, and over 30% in TEN. [14] The skin pattern most commonly associated with SJS is widespread, often joined or touching (confluent), papuric spots or flat small blisters or large blisters which may also join. [14] These occur primarily on the torso. [14]
A rash is a change of the skin that affects its color, appearance, or texture.. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin. Rashes may cause the skin to change color, itch, become warm, bumpy, chapped, dry, cracked or blistered, swell, and may be painful.