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Many skin conditions affect the human integumentary system—the organ system covering the entire surface of the body and composed of skin, hair, nails, and related muscle and glands. [1] The major function of this system is as a barrier against the external environment. [2]
Skin condition. A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system —the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, nails, and related muscle and glands. [ 1] The major function of this system is as a barrier against the external environment. [ 2]
Folliculitis. Folliculitis, single lesion. Specialty. Dermatology. 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. [ 1]
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]
Psoriasis. Psoriasis is a long-lasting, noncontagious autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin. [ 4][ 5] These areas are red, pink, or purple, dry, itchy, and scaly. [ 8][ 3] Psoriasis varies in severity from small localized patches to complete body coverage. [ 3] Injury to the skin can trigger psoriatic skin changes at that ...
About skin conditions and photos of acne on black African American skin (Getty Images) Acne symptoms and signs Acne blemishes are most common on the face, chest, back, shoulders and neck, but they ...
Alfred Blaschko, a private practice dermatologist from Berlin, first described and drew the patterns of the lines of Blaschko in 1901. He obtained his data by studying over 140 patients with various nevoid and acquired skin diseases and transposed the visible patterns the diseases followed onto dolls and statues, then compiled the patterns onto a composite schematic of the human body.
Darier's disease (DD) is a rare, genetic skin disorder. It is an autosomal dominant disorder, that is, if one parent has DD, there is a 50% chance than a child will inherit DD. It was first reported by French dermatologist Ferdinand-Jean Darier in 1889. Mild forms of the disease are the most common, consisting of skin rashes that flare up under ...