Skin conditions

Introduction: Skin conditions

Any condition that affects the skin. The skin is the largest organ in the body and provides a barrier between the body's internal environment and the external environment. It's functions include protection, body temperature regulation and metabolism.

Symptoms of Skin conditions

• Skin rash
• Skin swelling
• Bruising
• Wound
• Inflammation

See full list of 13 symptoms of Skin conditions

Medical Textbooks Online about Skin conditions

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Skin conditions?

• Misdiagnosis of Skin conditions
• Failure to diagnose Skin conditions
• Underlying causes of Skin conditions (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Skin conditions

Misdiagnosis and Skin conditions

Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed. The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often seen by physicians for this reason. children may receive treatment for fungal skin infections. See misdiagnosis of psoriasis or symptoms of psoriasis....read more »

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Causes of Skin conditions

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More information about causes of Skin conditions:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Skin conditions (4 listings)
• Skin conditions as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Skin conditions

Treatments for Skin conditions

• Vitamin B2 - possibly used for related vitamin B2 deficiency
• Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency
• Vitamin B6 - possibly used for related vitamin B6 deficiency

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Patient Surveys for Skin conditions

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Reseach about Skin conditions

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Clinical Trials for Skin conditions

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Skin conditions include:

• Ceftobiprole in the Treatment of Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Skin Structure Infections - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ceftobiprole medocaril
• Ceftobiprole in the Treatment of Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Skin Structure Infections - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ceftobiprole medocaril
• A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Oral Levofloxacin Compared With Oral Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Adults With Mild to Moderate Infections of the Skin and the Supportive Layers Beneath the Skin - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - levofloxacin
• A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Oral Levofloxacin Compared With Oral Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Adults With Uncomplicated Infections of the Skin and the Supportive Layers Beneath the Skin - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Levofloxacin
• Study Comparing Tigecycline and Vancomycin With Aztreonam in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tigecycline,vancomycin with aztreonam

See full list of 2370 Clinical Trials for Skin conditions

Prevention of Skin conditions

Prevention information for Skin conditions has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Skin conditions.

• Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency

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Statistics for Skin conditions

• Medical statistics for Skin conditions
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Skin conditions
• Death and Mortality statistics for Skin conditions
• Society statistics for Skin conditions

Types of Skin conditions

• Acne
• Skin infection
• Psoriasis
• Skin rash
• Dermatitis

See full list of 94 Types of Skin conditions

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Definitions of Skin conditions:

A disease affecting the skin - (Source - WordNet 2.1)