Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Dry skin

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Dry skin includes:

• Diabetes
• Kidney disease
• Trihydroxycholestanoylcoa oxidase isolated deficiency - dry skin
• Sjogren's syndrome, juvenile, secondary to autoimmune disease - dry skin
• Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome - dry skin
• Pachydermoperiostosis - coarse skin
• Myxedema - coarse skin
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - coarse skin
• Fox-Fordyce Disease - dry skin
• Athyrotic hypothyroidism sequence - dry skin
• Athlete's foot - cracked skin
• Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome - dry skin
• ADULT syndrome - dry skin
• Contact dermatitis - cracked skin
• Yaws - cracked soles
• Wrinkly skin syndrome - Wrinkled skin
• Trichodysplasia xeroderma - dry skin
• Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect - dry skin
• Sjögren syndrome, secondary - dry skin
• Shock, Neurogenic - dry skin
• Lymphomatous thyroiditis - dry skin
• Kawanism - dry skin
• Ghosal syndrome - wrinkled skin
• Cretinism athyreotic - dry skin
• Chemical poisoning - Anisole - dry skin
• Body skin hyperlaxity due to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency - wrinkled skin
• Barakat syndrome - coarse skin
• Type 2 diabetes - flaky skin
• Menkes Disease - dry skin
• Jimsonweed poisoning - dry skin
• Hypothyroidism - dry skin
• Fenton-Wilkinson-Toselano syndrome - dry skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia - arthrogryposis - diabetes mellitus - dry skin
• Dyshidrotic dermatitis - cracked skin
• Dry skin - dry skin
• Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy - coarse skin
• Dehydration - wrinkled skin
• Atopic dermatitis
• Eczema - skin cracking
• Stoll-Alembik-Finck syndrome - dry skin
• Sjögren syndrome, primary - dry skin
• Sclerosing bone dysplasia - mental retardation - wrinkled skin
• Scleroderma - hardening of skin
• Riedel syndrome - dry skin
• Macroepiphyseal dysplasia with osteoporosis, wrinkled skin, and aged appearance - wrinkled skin
• Ichthyosis vulgaris, dominant - dry skin
• Herbal Agent overdose - Nutmeg - dry skin
• Familial hypothyroidism - dry skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome - cracked skin on soles
• Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome - coarse skin
• Ichthyosis vulgaris - dry skin
• Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type - dry skin
• Lichen sclerosis - crinkled skin
• Grix-Blankenship-Peterson syndrome - dry skin
• Familial hypopituitarism - dry skin
• Developmental delay (see Developmental problems) - hypotonia extremities hypertrophy - dry skin
• Craniosynostosis mental retardation clefting syndrome - dry skin
• Anorexia Nervosa - dry skin
• Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy - dry skin
• Acromegaly - coarse skin
• Hyperkeratosis
• Heatstroke
• Storm syndrome - wrinkled skin
• OHSS - dry skin
• Kanzaki disease - dry skin
• Judge-Misch-Wright syndrome - dry skin
• Hypothyroidism due to iodide transport defect - dry skin
• Granulomatous hypophysitis - dry skin
• Freire-Maia odontotrichomelic syndrome - dry skin
• DOC 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) - dry skin
• Devil's trumpet poisoning - dry skin
• Basaran-Yilmaz syndrome - dry skin
• Uremia
• Sunstroke
• Low humidity
• Thyrotropin deficiency, isolated - dry skin
• Spinal shock - dry skin
• Phenylketonuria - coarse skin
• Leprechaunism - wrinkled skin
• Jung-Wolff-Back-Stahl syndrome - dry skin
• Hunter-Carpenter-Macdonald syndrome - dry skin
• Hand eczema - dry skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia mental retardation syndactyly - dry skin
• Chronic vitamin A toxicity - dry skin
• Chromosome 22, trisomy - wrinkled skin
• Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, type 1 - coarse skin
• Autoimmune thyroid diseases - dry skin
• Ichthyosis - mental retardation, Devriendt type - dry skin
• Home heating
• Nicotine addiction - dry skin
• Sjogren's Syndrome - cracked skin
• Sheehan Syndrome - dry skin
• Multiple system atrophy - dry skin
• HIV/AIDS - flaky skin
• Disorder of Cornification 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) - dry skin
• Diarrhea - Dry skin
• Dermatoleukodystrophy - wrinkled skin
• Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome - wrinkled skin
• Cerebral dysgenesis, neuropathy, ichthyosis, and palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome - dry skin
• Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, type 2 - coarse skin
• Certain chemicals and cleaning products
• Tranebjaerg-Svejgaard syndrome - dry skin
• Thyroid disorders - dry skin
• Sick building syndrome - dry skin
• Multiple endocrine abnormalities - adenylyl cyclase dysfunction - dry skin
• Ichythosiform Erythroderma with Leukocyte Vacuolation - dry skin
• Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome - dry skin
• Follicular ichthyosis - dry skin
• Dermo-odontodysplasia - dry skin
• Cleft lip palate pituitary deficiency - dry skin
• Ampola syndrome - dry skin
• Hypohidrosis
• Erythema craquele
• Vitamin A deficiency - dry skin
• X-linked ichthyosis - Dry skin
• Tricho odonto onycho dermal syndrome - dry skin
• Progeria short stature pigmented nevi - wrinkled skin
• Panhypopituitarism - wrinkled skin
• Oculo tricho dysplasia - dry skin
• Moynahan syndrome III - flaky skin
• Johnston Aarons Schelley syndrome - dry skin
• Chondrodysplasia punctata, non rhizomelic type - dry skin
• Chondrodysplasia punctata - dry skin
• Fungal skin infection
• Rubbing alcohol
• Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome - Dry skin
• Triglyceride storage disease with impaired long-chain fatty acid oxidation - dry skin
• Riboflavin deficiency - cracked corners of the mouth
• Cockayne syndrome - dry skin
• Amelo-onycho-hypohidrotic syndrome - dry skin
• Vitamin A
• Isotretinoin
• Etretinate
• Wolcott-Rallison syndrome
• Psoriasis - cracked skin
• Pregnancy - some level of dry (or itchy) skin can occur in pregnancy.

Dry skin as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Dry skin as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Dry skin as a complication includes:

• Nicotine addiction

Dry skin Causes: Book Excerpts

• Differential Diagnosis - Dry Skin (Xerosis)

Dry skin as a symptom:

Conditions listing Dry skin as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Dry skin as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Dry skin.

• Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome
• Acquired hypothyroidism
• ADULT syndrome
• Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
• Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome
• Amelo-onycho-hypohidrotic syndrome
• Ampola syndrome
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Asteatotic dermatitis
• Athyrotic hypothyroidism sequence
• Autoimmune thyroid diseases
• Barakat syndrome
• Basaran-Yilmaz syndrome
• Cerebral dysgenesis, neuropathy, ichthyosis, and palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome
• Chemical poisoning - 1-Pentanethiol
• Chemical poisoning - 2-Hexanone
• Chemical poisoning - Acetic Anhydride
• Chemical poisoning - Acetophenone
• Chemical poisoning - Amitrole
• Chemical poisoning - Anisole
• Chemical poisoning - Boric Acid
• Chemical poisoning - Carbinoxamine
• Chemical poisoning - Chlorobenzene
• Chemical poisoning - Cyclohexanol
• Chemical poisoning - Cyclohexanone
• Chemical poisoning - Ethylamine
• Chemical poisoning - Ethylene Dichloride
• Chemical poisoning - Hexane
• Chemical poisoning - Isopropyl Alcohol
• Chemical poisoning - Kerosene
• Chemical poisoning - Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether
• Chemical poisoning - Methylene Chloride
• Chemical poisoning - N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone
• Chemical poisoning - Nitromethane
• Chemical poisoning - Phenmedipham
• Chemical poisoning - Tetrachloroethane
• Chemical poisoning - Tetrachloroethylene
• Chemical poisoning - Tetrahydrofuran
• Chondrodysplasia punctata
• Chondrodysplasia punctata, non rhizomelic type
• Chromosome 22, trisomy
• Chronic vitamin A toxicity
• Cleft lip palate pituitary deficiency
• Cockayne syndrome
• Contact dermatitis
• Craniosynostosis mental retardation clefting syndrome
• Cretinism athyreotic
• Dehydration
• Dermo-odontodysplasia
• Developmental delay - hypotonia extremities hypertrophy
• Devil's trumpet poisoning
• Diarrhea
• Disorder of Cornification 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type)
• DOC 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type)
• Dry skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia - arthrogryposis - diabetes mellitus
• Ectodermal dysplasia - mental retardation - central nervous system malformation
• Ectodermal dysplasia anhidrotic
• Ectodermal dysplasia mental retardation syndactyly
• Erythrodermic eczema
• Familial hypopituitarism
• Familial hypothyroidism
• Fenton-Wilkinson-Toselano syndrome
• Follicular ichthyosis
• Food Additive Adverse reaction - citric acid intolerance
• Fox-Fordyce Disease
• Freire-Maia odontotrichomelic syndrome
• Freire-Maia syndrome
• Granulomatous hypophysitis
• Grix-Blankenship-Peterson syndrome
• Hand eczema
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
• Herbal Agent overdose - Nutmeg
• Hereditary hypothyroidism
• Hunter-Carpenter-Macdonald syndrome
• Hypothyroid goitre
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism - dermoid cyst - cleft palate
• Hypothyroidism due to iodide transport defect
• Ichthyosis
• Ichthyosis - mental retardation, Devriendt type
• Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome
• Ichthyosis Vulgaris
• Ichthyosis vulgaris, dominant
• Ichythosiform Erythroderma with Leukocyte Vacuolation
• Jimsonweed poisoning
• Johnston Aarons Schelley syndrome
• Judge-Misch-Wright syndrome
• Jung-Wolff-Back-Stahl syndrome
• Kanzaki disease
• Kawanism
• Lymphomatous thyroiditis
• Medication related hypothyroidism
• Menkes Disease
• Mental retardation unusual facies ampola type
• Mental retardation, X-linked - seizures - psoriasis
• Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism types 1 and 3
• Moynahan syndrome III
• Multiple endocrine abnormalities - adenylyl cyclase dysfunction
• Multiple system atrophy
• Myxedema
• Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
• Oculo tricho dysplasia
• OHSS
• Panhypopituitarism
• Primary hypothyroidism
• Progeria short stature pigmented nevi
• Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
• Riedel syndrome
• Secondary hypothyroidism
• Sheehan Syndrome
• Shock, Neurogenic
• Sick building syndrome
• Sjogren's Syndrome
• Sjogren's syndrome, juvenile, secondary to autoimmune disease
• Sjögren syndrome, primary
• Sjögren syndrome, secondary
• Spinal shock
• Stoll-Alembik-Finck syndrome
• Sub clinical hypothyroidism
• Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type
• Tertiary hypothyroidism
• Tetramelic deficiencies - Ectodermal dysplasia - deformed ears - other abnormalities
• Thyroid disorders
• Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect
• Thyrotropin deficiency, isolated
• Tranebjaerg-Svejgaard syndrome
• Tricho odonto onycho dermal syndrome
• Trichodysplasia xeroderma
• Triglyceride storage disease with impaired long-chain fatty acid oxidation
• Trihydroxycholestanoylcoa oxidase isolated deficiency
• Varicose eczema
• Vitamin A deficiency
• Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
• X-linked ichthyosis

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Dry skin, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Dry skin. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Dry skin. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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