What is Seborrheic keratosis?
What is Seborrheic keratosis?
- Seborrheic keratosis: Thickening of the skin condition usually from age.
- Seborrheic keratosis: a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Seborrheic keratosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Seborrheic keratosis, or a subtype of Seborrheic keratosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Seborrheic keratosis: Introduction
Types of Seborrheic keratosis:
Broader types of Seborrheic keratosis:
How serious is Seborrheic keratosis?
Complications of Seborrheic keratosis:
see complications of Seborrheic keratosis
What causes Seborrheic keratosis?
Causes of Seborrheic keratosis: see causes of Seborrheic keratosis
What are the symptoms of Seborrheic keratosis?
Symptoms of Seborrheic keratosis:
see symptoms of Seborrheic keratosis
Complications of Seborrheic keratosis:
see complications of Seborrheic keratosis
Can anyone else get Seborrheic keratosis?
Contagion of Seborrheic keratosis: Not contagious
More information:
see contagiousness of Seborrheic keratosis
Seborrheic keratosis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Seborrheic keratosis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Seborrheic keratosis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Seborrheic keratosis:
see treatments for Seborrheic keratosis
Prevention of Seborrheic keratosis:
see prevention of Seborrheic keratosis
Research for Seborrheic keratosis:
see research for Seborrheic keratosis
Society issues for Seborrheic keratosis
Hospitalization statistics for Seborrheic keratosis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Seborrheic keratosis:
- 0.061% (7,771) of hospital consultant episodes were for seborrhoeic keratosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 43% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for seborrhoeic keratosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for seborrhoeic keratosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for seborrhoeic keratosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Seborrheic keratosis:
Organs and body systems related to Seborrheic keratosis include:
Name and Aliases of Seborrheic keratosis
Main name of condition: Seborrheic keratosis
Other names or spellings for Seborrheic keratosis:
Seborrheic keratoses, Seborrheic warts, Keratosis Seborrheica
Keratosis Seborrheica, Seborrheic keratoses, Keratosis, seborrheic, Keratosis Seborrheica
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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