Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type

Introduction: Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type

Description of Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type (medical condition): A rare genetic skin pigmentation disorder characterized by eye, teeth, bone, nail and hair malformations as well as central nervous abnormalities and mental deficiency.

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Incontinentia Pigmenti:
  »Introduction: Incontinentia Pigmenti
  »Symptoms of Incontinentia Pigmenti
  »Treatments for Incontinentia Pigmenti

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type:

• Incontinentia pigmenti
• Incontinentia
• Familial
• Male
• Lethal
• Type

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type, or a subtype of Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type as a Disease

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Another name for Incontinentia Pigmenti (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Incontinentia Pigmenti
  »Symptoms of Incontinentia Pigmenti
  »Treatments for Incontinentia Pigmenti

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Related Diseases

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Genetic Disease
• Dominant Genetic Diseases
• X-linked Genetic Diseases
• X-linked Dominant Genetic Diseases
• Skin conditions

Symptoms of Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type (Incontinentia Pigmenti)

Some of the symptoms of Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type incude:

• Stage 1 symptoms:
  • Skin redness
  • Spiral lines of small fluid-filled blisters
• Stage 2 symptoms:
  • Warty skin growths - on arms or legs or sometimes head or torso; often follow the same pattern as Stage 1 blisters

See full list of 93 symptoms of Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type (Incontinentia Pigmenti)

Treatments for Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type (Incontinentia Pigmenti)

Treatments for Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type (Incontinentia Pigmenti) include:

• Watchful waiting - many skin symptoms disappear by teens or adulthood without treatment.
• Symptomatic treatments - for any other eye, dental, hair, physical or other problems.

Read more about treatments for Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type

Treatment of Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: For more treatment information about Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type, see treatment of Incontinentia Pigmenti (Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type)

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Article Excerpts about Incontinentia Pigmenti

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare, genetic disorder characterized by unusual patterns of discolored skin. The genetic transmission is X-linked dominant. Males are more severely affected than females. The disorder is caused by excessive deposits of melanin (normal skin pigment). (Source: excerpt from NINDS Incontinentia Pigmenti Information Page: NINDS)

Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type:

• Bloch- Sulzberger disease
• alopecia
• hypodontia
• wart like rash
• somatic asymmetry
• hemivertebrae scoliosis
• spina bifida

Terms associated with Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type:

Terms Similar to Incontinentia pigmenti, familial male-lethal type:

• Incontinentia pigmenti, type II, (formerly)
• Incontinentia pigmenti
• Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome
• IP
• IP2, (formerly)

Source - NIH

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