Edema Pictures

Allergic Contact Dermatitis Baby

Tue 28 Feb 2017 06:07:00 +0200

With contact dermatitis, a patch of tiny, scaly blisters crops up in an area that tends to rub against clothing or jewelry (like the neck, waist, groin or wrist). It can also show up on the hands or face (where the skin may have been touched by a new lotion, cream, plant, chemical, or food), although the rash often starts in skin folds and joints. Contact dermatitis can be very mild and disappear quickly, or produce large, oozing blisters that last for days. In both cases, it can be very itchy but isn’t contagious. Diaper rash, drool rash, and poison ivy are two common examples of contact dermatitis.

The rash should disappear on its own within two to four weeks. In the meantime, a thin layer of over-the-counter 1% hydrocortisone cream (only use as directed) will help relieve itchiness for small patches, but a doctor might prescribe an oral steroid such as Prednisone for severe cases affecting large areas of skin.

Sunburns on Face

Sun 19 Feb 2017 16:38:20 +0200

Sunburn — red, painful skin that feels hot to the touch — usually appears within a few hours after too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light from sunshine or artificial sources, such as sunlamps. Sunburn may take several days or longer to fade.

Sunburn signs and symptoms include:

Pinkness or redness
Skin that feels warm or hot to the touch
Pain, tenderness or itching
Swelling
Small fluid-filled blisters, which may break
Headache, fever, chills and fatigue if the sunburn is severe

Any exposed part of your face — including your earlobes, scalp and lips — can burn. Even covered areas can burn if, for example, your clothing has a loose weave that allows ultraviolet (UV) light through. Your eyes, which are extremely sensitive to the sun's UV light, also can burn. Sunburned eyes may feel painful or gritty.

Signs and symptoms of sunburn usually appear within a few hours after sun exposure. But it may take a day or longer to know the full extent of your sunburn.

Within a few days, your body may start to heal itself by "peeling" the top layer of damaged skin. After peeling, your skin may temporarily have an irregular color and pattern. A bad sunburn may take several days or longer to heal.

See your doctor if the sunburn:

Is blistering and covers a large portion of your body
Is accompanied by a high fever, extreme pain, headache, confusion, nausea or chills
Doesn't respond to at-home care within two days

Sunburns

Sat 18 Feb 2017 16:58:03 +0200

Sunburn is skin damage caused by both UVA and UVB rays.

When you get a sunburn, your skin turns red and hurts. If the burn is severe, you can develop swelling and sunburn blisters. You may even feel like you have the flu - feverish, with chills, nausea, headache, and weakness.

A few days later, your skin will start peeling and itching as your body tries to rid itself of sun-damaged cells and will usually fully heal within seven days. While sunburn is often short-lived and mild, it's important to try to avoid it, because it can increase your chances of developing serious health problems, such as skin cancer, in later life.

Sunburn treatment is designed to attack the burn on two fronts -- relieving reddened, inflamed skin while easing pain. Here are a few home remedies for sunburn:

Compresses. Apply cold compresses to your skin or take a cool bath to soothe the burn.

Creams or gels. To take the sting out of your sunburn, gently rub on a cream or gel containing ingredients such as:

Menthol
Camphor
Aloe

Refrigerating the cream first will make it feel even better on your sunburned skin.

NSAIDs. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen or naproxen, can relieve sunburn swelling and pain all over your body.

Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of water and other fluids so that you don't become dehydrated.

Avoid the sun. Until your sunburn heals, stay out of the sun.

Simple Dermatitis

Sun 05 Feb 2017 10:50:46 +0200

Simple Dermatitis is an inflammation of the skin. Contact dermatitis is a localized rash or irritation of the skin caused by contact with a substance that is foreign to the body.

Substances that commonly cause contact dermatitis include plant sap, metals, cleaning solutions, cosmetic additives, perfumes, industrial chemicals, topical antibiotics, and latex rubber additives.

A red rash is the usual reaction. It appears immediately in irritant contact dermatitis, but in allergic contact dermatitis, the rash does not appear for one to two days after the exposure.

Your skin may develop small fluid filled structures (vesicles) that can cause weeping, a characteristic of these sorts of eruptions. This condition is distinguished from hives (urticaria) that produce short-lived itchy welts (wheals). Hives are most often induced by allergic reactions to orally ingested foods and drugs.

Your skin will itch and perhaps burn. Irritant contact dermatitis can be more painful than itchy.
Irritant contact dermatitis often affects the hands, which have been exposed by resting in or dipping into a container (sink, pail, tub) containing the irritant.

Once a reaction starts, it may take as long as four weeks to resolve completely.

Shoe Contact Dermatitis

Thu 02 Feb 2017 16:55:42 +0200

Shoe contact dermatitis can be defined as skin manifestations on the feet caused by the wearing of shoes, boots and/or sandals. This often occurs because the skin on the feet reacts to particular substances (allergens) found in footwear.

Shoe contact dermatitis usually begins on the top surface of the big toe and spreads to the upper surfaces of the foot. Dermatitis may also be found on the sole of the foot, the side of the feet and heels and the legs.

Symptoms of contact allergic dermatitis may include swelling, redness, blisters or cracks in the skin, burning, itchiness and pain. The allergy can develop over a long period of time as the skin on the feet is repeatedly exposed to a certain allergen found in the shoe. However, it is not unusual to suddenly become allergic to a substance after months or years of exposure.

Shoe contact dermatitis should clear rapidly once the offending allergen is removed. This will mean not being able to wear the offending shoes ever again unless the allergen can be removed, e.g. allergy to a nickel buckle could be resolved by replacing with a non-nickel buckle.

Over-the-counter creams and ointments containing mild topical steroids, such as hydrocortisone, may be used to help control itching, swelling, and redness. In more severe cases, a prescription topical steroid may be required, as well as antibiotic medication if the skin becomes blistered, painful and infected.

Contact Dermatitis in Adults

Thu 02 Feb 2017 00:42:43 +0200

Contact dermatitis is a red, itchy rash caused by a substance that comes into contact with your skin. The rash isn't contagious or life-threatening, but it can be very uncomfortable.

Contact dermatitis usually occurs on areas of your body that have been directly exposed to the substance — for example, along a calf that brushed against poison ivy or under a watchband that triggers an allergy. The reaction usually develops within minutes to hours of exposure to an irritating substance or allergen. The rash can last two to four weeks.

Signs and symptoms of contact dermatitis include:

Red rash or bumps
Itching, which may be severe
Dry, cracked, scaly skin, if your condition is chronic
Blisters, draining fluid and crusting, if your reaction is severe
Swelling, burning or tenderness

The severity of the rash depends on:

How long you're exposed
The strength of the substance that caused the rash
Environmental factors, such as temperature, airflow and sweating from wearing gloves
Your genetic makeup, which can affect how you respond to certain substances

Key treatments for contact dermatitis include:

Avoiding the irritant or allergen.
Applying prescription steroid creams
Applying medications to repair the skin
Using oral medications

Nose Furuncle

Mon 15 Feb 2016 15:20:00 +0200

Boil also known as furuncle of the nose is a fairly common condition.The main cause is nose picking causing infection of the the hair follicle of the nasal vestibule. This is common in dry climate where the secretions of the nose get dried up and cause irritation in the nose forcing the person to introduce finger in the nose to remove the crust. The skin over that area becomes painful and swelling starts appearing over the area which spreads very fast.The patient can have fever also.The area over the tip of nose and central part of upper lip is called dangerous area of the face as infection from this area can spread to the brain (cavernous sinus) causing fatal complications. So never press or squeeze a boil over this area or you will land yourself in grave trouble.Give plenty of hot fomentation and take appropriate antibiotics and anti inflammatory drugs. Local application of antibiotic cream is also effective. With this treatment the recovery takes place in a couple of days.

Erysipelas Leg

Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:51:00 +0200

Erysipelas is often of sudden onset, marked by frank systemic signs—fever >38°5, chills—and general malaise. Patients with lymphedema, who present with recurrent episodes of erysipelas, often recognize these inaugural signs. Local signs develop within a few hours: a red, warm, painful, inflammatory spreading lesion, with centrifugal extension within a few days. Erysipelas can start at any point of lymphedema and can extend to all or part of the lymphedematous cutaneous tissue, in an anterograde or retrograde pattern. Inflammatory, satellite adenopathy and lymphangitis are associated with erysipelas in 25% to 50% of cases.

In the case of erysipelas complicating lymphedema, the clinical presentation is more serious. Statistically significant differences (P<0.05) were seen between 20 controls with erysipelas but without lymphedema and 10 age- and sex-matched patients with lymphedema hospitalized for erysipelas: prolonged persistence of fever, more frequent tachycardia, delayed recovery, and positive blood cultures (30% vs 0%).

The diagnosis of erysipelas is clinical: sudden occurrence of an inflammatory lesion that spreads within a few days, preceded by or concomitant with fever and chills, and general malaise. No bacterium other than ß-hemolytic streptococcus has been demonstrated as responsible for erysipelas. Streptococcus was isolated 15 times more often in lymphedema with an infectious complication than outside any acute inflammatory episode, and serology testing for streptococcus (ASLO) was more often positive in patients with lymphedema (78%) than in a healthy control population (46%). Bacteriological samples are positive in erysipelas in only 4% to 35% of cases with standard methods. Using the most sophisticated methods (immunofluorescence, polymerase chain reaction), streptococcus is isolated at a frequency of 70% to 80%.5 Other bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas) have been isolated alone or in combination with streptococcus. But to date a causal relationship has never been demonstrated.

Furthermore, these bacteria are commonly found on skin and colonize wounds, and their isolation from samples collected from the skin is difficult to interpret. Laboratory tests are not helpful in establishing the diagnosis: the complete blood count shows leukocytosis in one-half of cases, and a nonspecific inflammatory syndrome is indicated by laboratory findings in two-thirds of cases.

Define Erysipelas

Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:50:00 +0200

Erysipelas is a nonnecrotizing bacterial hypodermal cellulitis usually associated with streptococcal infection. It may be a mainly secondary complication of chronic lymphedema, and occurs in 20% to 30% of cases. The first presenting signs are sudden fever and shivering. The clinical feature is inflammatory plaque, which is often chronic and accompanied by fever. Inflammatory plaque is promoted by lymph stasis, and is marked by inflammatory episodes that often regress spontaneously. Erysipelas per se is mainly treated with antibiotics, and adjuvant therapies are not justified. The prevention of recurrence is primary. Since lymphedema is the first risk factor for recurrence, its treatment and risk of occurrence must be considered. This includes physiotherapy, well-adapted compression therapy, and avoidance of wounds.

The lymphatic system has a role in antigen presentation and defense against infection. Infection is the most common type of complication observed in lymphedema, and is promoted by lymphatic system dysfunction, which causes locoregional immune disorders. Infectious complications are primarily bacterial, and most commonly are erysipelas (cellulitis) and sometimes lymphangitis. ß-hemolytic streptococcus (groups A, C, G) is the organism usually (and even almost exclusively) observed in everyday practice. Bacterial complications are promoted by the abundance of proteins characteristic of edema in lymphatic insufficiency related to obstructed lymphatic vessels. This high protein content of the interstitial fluid is an ideal culture medium for the growth of bacteria.

Erysipelas Face

Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:48:00 +0200

Erysipelas contagious infection of the skin and underlying tissue, caused by group A B-hemolytic streptococcus bacteria. Erysipelas causes affected areas of skin to turn bright red and become slightly swollen. The swollen blotches have a distinct border and slowly expand into the surrounding skin. The lesions are most commonly seen on the face, scalp, hands, and legs. They feel hot to the touch and the patient is feverish.

Erysipelas Definition

Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:47:00 +0200

Erysipelas is an infection of the upper layers of the skin (superficial). The most common cause is group A streptococcal bacteria, especially Streptococcus pyogenes. Erysipelas results in a fiery red rash with raised edges that can easily be distinguished from the skin around it. The affected skin may be warm to the touch. At one time, erysipelas was thought to affect mostly the face, but recent studies suggest that the distribution of the inflammation is changing since at the present time the legs are involved in almost 80% of cases. The rash may also appear on the arms or trunk. Erysipelas begins with minor trauma, such as a bruise, burn, wound, or incision. When the rash appears on the trunk, arms, or legs, it is usually at the site of a surgical incision or a wound.

Erysipelas usually first appears as a localized lesion that is tender and red. The lesion quickly develops a bright red, shiny color and a spreading, raised border. The typical lesion is so characteristic that its presence is diagnostic. The lesion may feel hot and be painful. There may be accompanying high fever, chills, headache, nausea, and a general feeling of ill health (malaise). The skin in the affected area may resemble the peel of an orange. In infants, erysipelas may appear on the abdomen due to infection of the umbilical cord. In children and adults, erysipelas most commonly develops on the legs, arms and face. Erysipelas may also develop at sites of minor surgery or trauma, or it may be due to lymphatic obstruction.

Erysipelas is caused by one of several strains of streptococcus bacteria, or less frequently by a staphylococcus infection. Streptococci are involved in about 80% of cases.

Erysipelas on Face Symptoms

Mon 15 Feb 2016 14:43:00 +0200

Erysipelas is a bacterial infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, usually involving the face, ears and lower legs. It is characterized by well demarcated areas of redness, heat, pain, and swelling and may be associated with constitution symptoms including fever, chills, headache, joint pain, and back pain.

Predisposing factors of erysipelas are operative wounds, scrapes, or abrasions of the skin. The onset is usually abrupt with high fever, chills, and weakness. Over the next 24- 48 hours a red shiny plaque forms usually proximal to the area of entry into the skin. A dermatologist can usually make a diagnosis by examining the patient but sometimes other tests including bacterial skin culture, white blood cell count and blood cultures may be needed. In adults, Group A streptococcal bacterial infection is the most common cause and in children Hemophilus influenza bacterial infection is the most common cause.