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Senile pruritus. Senile pruritus is one of the most common conditions in the elderly or people over 65 years of age with an emerging itch that may be accompanied with changes in temperature and textural characteristics. [1][2][3] In the elderly, xerosis, is the most common cause for an itch due to the degradation of the skin barrier over time. [4]
Cellulitis is usually [9] a bacterial infection involving the inner layers of the skin. [1] It specifically affects the dermis and subcutaneous fat. [1] Signs and symptoms include an area of redness which increases in size over a few days. [1] The borders of the area of redness are generally not sharp and the skin may be swollen. [1]
Rare (developed world), relatively common (developing world) [3] Pellagra is a disease caused by a lack of the vitamin niacin (vitamin B 3). [2] Symptoms include inflamed skin, diarrhea, dementia, and sores in the mouth. [1] Areas of the skin exposed to friction and radiation are typically affected first. [1]
Liver spots (also known as age spot, solar lentigo, [1] " lentigo senilis ", [1]: 686 " old age spot ", [2] " senile freckle ") [2] are blemishes on the skin associated with aging [3] and exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun. [4] They range in color from light brown [5] to red or black and are located in areas most often exposed to ...
Formication is the sensation resembling that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin, in the absence of actual insects. It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which also include the more common prickling, tingling sensation known as pins and needles. Formication is a well-documented symptom which has ...
Solar purpura (also known as "Actinic purpura," and "Senile purpura") is a skin condition characterized by large, sharply outlined, 1- to 5-cm, dark purplish-red ecchymoses appearing on the dorsa of the forearms and less often the hands. [1] The condition is most common in elderly people of European descent. It is caused by sun-induced damage ...
Atopic dermatitis (AD), also known as atopic eczema, is a long-term type of inflammation of the skin. [2] AD is also often called simply eczema but the same term is also used to refer to dermatitis, the larger group of skin conditions. [2][5] AD results in itchy, red, swollen, and cracked skin. [2] Clear fluid may come from the affected areas ...
Perioral dermatitis, also known as periorificial dermatitis, is a common type of inflammatory skin rash. [2] Symptoms include multiple small (1–2 mm) bumps and blisters sometimes with background redness and scale, localized to the skin around the mouth and nostrils. Less commonly, the eyes and genitalia may be involved. [3]
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