Heat rash (Miliaria): Images, Causes, and Treatment - DermNet
Feb 19, 2018 · Miliaria is a common skin disease caused by blockage and/or inflammation of eccrine sweat ducts. Miliaria is frequently seen in hot, humid, or tropical climates, in patients in hospital, and in the neonatal period. Miliaria is also known …
Fox-Fordyce disease - DermNet
It is also called apocrine miliaria, apocrine duct occlusion, and sweat retention disease. Who gets Fox-Fordyce disease? Fox-Fordyce disease mainly affects post-pubertal women between the ages of 13 and 35 years. Children and males are sometimes affected. What causes Fox-Fordyce disease? The cause of Fox-Fordyce disease is unknown.
Skin conditions affecting newborn babies - DermNet
Miliaria. Miliaria affects about 15% of newborn babies in warm climates and is due to blockage (occlusion) of the sweat duct. If the occlusion is superficial, sweat collects just below the stratum corneum (dead cells on the skin surface) forming clear, thin-walled blisters (miliaria cristallina). Slightly deeper occlusion results in red papules ...
Bacterial skin infections. Folliculitis and furunculosis - DermNet
Miliaria Hidradenitis suppurativa is sometimes mistaken for boils. Hidradenitis affects the axillae, inguinal, perianal and submammary areas and results in inflamed boil-like nodules that may suppurate and scar.
Miliaria image - DermNet
What is miliaria? Miliaria is a common skin disease caused by blockage and/or inflammation of eccrine sweat ducts. Miliaria is frequently seen in hot, humid, or tropical climates, in patients in hospital, and in the neonatal period. Miliaria is also known as heat rash, sweat rash or prickly heat. Read more
Heat and cold - DermNet
Miliaria. Miliaria refers to sweat rash (prickly heat) due to obstructed sweat glands and perhaps localised hyperproliferation of specific commensal microorganisms such as strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis. It presents with non-follicular superficial papules, vesicles or pustules mainly arising on the trunk.
Miliaria pustulosa image - DermNet
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Milium, milia - DermNet
What is a milium? A milium is a small cyst containing keratin (the skin protein); they are usually multiple and are then known as milia.
Pustular skin conditions - DermNet
Bibliography. Bachelez H. Pustular psoriasis and related pustular skin diseases. Br J Dermatol. 2018;178(3):614-18. doi:10.1111/bjd.16232 PubMed
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