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Symptoms of Hand eczema

Symptoms of Hand eczema

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Hand eczema includes the 18 symptoms listed below:

  • Red rash over palms and backs of hands
  • Dry skin
  • Fissures
  • Peeling skin
  • Itch
  • Blisters or vesicles
  • Heat and pain over area
  • Dry flaky patches of skin on hands
  • Red patches of skin on hands
  • Skin rash on hands
  • Itchy patches of skin on hands
  • Inflamed skin on hands
  • Cracked skin on hands
  • Skin pain on hands
  • Skin ulceration on hands
  • Weeping skin patches on hands
  • Oozing patches of skin on hands
  • Crusted skin on hands
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  • Dermatitis
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Atopic dermatitis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Scratching the skin causes vasoconstriction and intensifies pruritus, resulting in erythematous, weeping lesions. Eventually, the lesions become scaly and lichenified. Usually, they’re located in areas of flexion and extension, such as the neck, antecubital fossa, popliteal folds, and behind the ears. Patients with atopic dermatitis are prone to unusually severe viral infections, bacterial and fungal skin infections, ocular complications, and allergic contact dermatitis.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Dermatitis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Atopic skin lesions generally begin as erythematous areas on excessively dry skin. In children, such lesions typically appear on the forehead, cheeks, and extensor surfaces of the arms and legs; in adults, at flexion points (antecubital fossa, popliteal area, and neck).

During flare-ups, pruritus and scratching cause edema, crusting, and scaling. Eventually, chronic atopic lesions lead to multiple areas of dry, scaly skin, with white dermatographia, blanching, and lichenification.

Common secondary conditions associated with atopic dermatitis include viral, fungal, or bacterial infections, and ocular disorders.

Because of intense pruritus, the upper eyelid is commonly hyperpigmented and swollen, and a double fold occurs under the lower lid (Morgan-Dennie folds, Morgan folds, Dennie pleats, or Mongolian lines). Atopic cataracts are unusual but may develop between ages 20 and 40.

Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption, a potentially fatal, generalized viral infection, may develop if the patient with atopic dermatitis comes in contact with a person who’s infected with herpes simplex.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Atopicdermatitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Scratching the skin causes vasoconstriction and intensifies pruritus, resulting in erythematous and weeping lesions. Eventually, the lesions become scaly and lichenous. Usually, they’re located in areas of flexion and extension, such as the neck, antecubital fossa, popliteal folds, and the backs of the ears. Patients with atopic dermatitis are prone to unusually severe viral infections, bacterial and fungal skin infections, ocular complications, and allergic contact dermatitis.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Dermatitis: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Atopic skin lesions generally begin as erythematous areas on excessively dry skin. In children, such lesions typically appear on the forehead, cheeks, and extensor surfaces of the arms and legs; in adults, at flexion points (antecubital fossa, popliteal area, and neck).

During flare-ups, pruritus and scratching cause edema, crusting, and scaling. Eventually, chronic atopic lesions lead to multiple areas of dry, scaly skin, with white dermatographia, blanching, and lichenification.

Common secondary conditions associated with atopic dermatitis include viral, fungal, or bacterial infections and ocular disorders.

Because of intense pruritus, the upper eyelid is commonly hyperpigmented and swollen, and a double fold occurs under the lower lid (Morgan’s, Dennie’s, or Mongolian fold). Atopic cataracts are unusual but may develop between the ages of 20 and 40.

Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption (eczema herpeticum), a potentially serious widespread cutaneous viral infection, may develop if the patient comes in contact with a person who is infected with herpes simplex.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

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