What is Carotenemia?

What is Carotenemia?

• Carotenemia: Excessive beta-carotene in the blood causing orange skin.
• Carotenemia: A change in skin color due to deposition of carotene.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Carotenemia: excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow-red color.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Carotenemia: Introduction

Types of Carotenemia:

Broader types of Carotenemia:

• Skin conditions
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Who gets Carotenemia?

Patient Profile for Carotenemia: Common in infants. Usually 4-6 months or older, when they start on solids, particularly vegetables.

How serious is Carotenemia?

Prognosis of Carotenemia: Good. Mostly harmless and resolving after causal foods are removed.
Complications of Carotenemia: see complications of Carotenemia

What causes Carotenemia?

Causes of Carotenemia: see causes of Carotenemia

What are the symptoms of Carotenemia?

Symptoms of Carotenemia: see symptoms of Carotenemia

Complications of Carotenemia: see complications of Carotenemia

Carotenemia: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Carotenemia.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Carotenemia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Carotenemia: see treatments for Carotenemia

Organs Affected by Carotenemia:

Organs and body systems related to Carotenemia include:

• Skin

Name and Aliases of Carotenemia

Main name of condition: Carotenemia

Carotenaemia, Baby orange skin

Hypercarotinemia, Aurantiasis, Carotene levels raised (plasma or serum) Source - Diseases Database

Xanthemia
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Carotenemia:

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• Eggs
• Asparagus
• Parsley
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• Mangoes
• Lettuce
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