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Livedo reticularis is a common skin finding consisting of a mottled reticulated vascular pattern that appears as a lace-like purplish discoloration of the skin. [1] The discoloration is caused by reduction in blood flow through the arterioles that supply the cutaneous capillaries, resulting in deoxygenated blood showing as blue discoloration ().
26 pictures of skin rashes to help you identify your skin rash. ... “The lesions are small, elevated, pink or flesh colored, and have a central dimple,” he explains. ... Women ages 25 to 45 ...
Treating a poison ivy rash usually involves prescription-strength topical or even oral steroids that will usually clear the rash in about seven to 10 days, explains Dr. Lal.
The rash may appear reddish, tan, or brown, with flaking, rippling, peeling, iridescence, or cracking skin. [14] If the person is hairy, hair follicles can become inflamed resulting in some bumps (papules, nodules and pustules) within the plaque. The plaque may reach the scrotum in men and the labia majora and mons pubis in women.
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. The causes, and therefore treatments for rashes, vary widely.
All these rashes are made worse by exposure to sunlight, and are often very itchy, painful, and may bleed. [10] If a person exhibits only skin findings characteristic of DM, without weakness or abnormal muscle enzymes, then he or she may be experiencing amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM), formerly known as "dermatomyositis sine myositis". [11]
PLE is more common in young adults and has a female preponderance [5] with a ratio of 2:1 female-to-male. In Germany the female to male ratio has been cited as 9:1. [4] It can, however, occur in all age groups and all skin types. [6] Those experiencing sun exposure all year round seldom acquire PLE eruption. [15] Hence, it is less common near ...
Sneddon's syndrome is a progressive, noninflammatory arteriopathy leading to the characteristic skin condition and to cerebrovascular problems, including stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), severe but transient neurological symptoms thought to be caused by cerebral vasospasm, coronary disease and early-onset dementia.