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Symptom: Skin lesion



Introduction: Skin lesion

Skin lesion: Lesions appearing on the skin. See free access online books about Skin lesion below. See detailed information below for a list of 229 causes of Skin lesion, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Diagnostic Guides for Skin lesion

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Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

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

Misdiagnosis and Skin lesion

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Stories from Users for Skin lesion

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Medications or substances causing Skin lesion:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Skin lesion as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

See full list of 6 medications causing Skin lesion

Drug interactions causing Skin lesion:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Skin lesion as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Levodopa and Tolcapone interaction
  • Apo-Levocarb and Tolcapone interaction
  • Bendopa and Tolcapone interaction
  • Dopar and Tolcapone interaction
  • Larodopa and Tolcapone interaction

See full list of 16 drug interactions causing Skin lesion

Organs affected by Skin lesion:

The list of organs typically affected by Skin lesion may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Skin lesion

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How Common are these Causes of Skin lesion?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Skin lesion. Of the 229 causes of Skin lesion that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 7 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 8 causes are "common" diseases
  • 5 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 5 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 19 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 192 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 229 causes of Skin lesion

Conditions listing symptoms: Skin lesion:

The following list of conditions have 'Skin lesion' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acanthamoeba ... Skin lesions
  • Acanthamoeba infection ... skin lesions
  • Acne Vulgaris ... skin pustules
  • Acrodermatitis Enteropathica ... mucous membrane blisters
  • Acute adult T-Cell leukemia ... skin lesions
  • Adult T-Cell leukemia ... skin lesions
  • Adult T-Cell lymphoma ... skin lesions
  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis ... red skin lesions
  • Anthrax ... skin ulcer
  • Aquagenous Urticaria ... skin blisters
  • Argininosuccinase lyase deficiency, neonatal ... skin lesions
  • Arthralgia - purpura - weakness syndrome ... skin ulcer
  • Atrophoderma of Pierini and Pasini ... brown skin lesions
  • Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis ... urticaria
  • Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia ... skin lesions
  • Autoimmune Vasculitis ... Urticaria

    B

  • Bahemuka Brown syndrome ... urticaria
  • Bartonellosis due to Bartonella quintana infection ... skin lesion
  • Basal cell carcinoma, infundibulocystic ... skin lesion
  • Bedsores ... skin ulcers
  • Behcet's Disease ... skin pustules, skin lesions, skin lesions
  • Bejel ... skin ulcers
  • Benign mucosal pemphigoid ... itchy blisters, blisters on the vulva
  • Blue rubber bleb nevus ... blister-like hemangiomas
  • Bluefarb-Stewart syndrome ... skin lesions
  • Boudhina-Yedes-Khiari syndrome ... skin lesions
  • Bubonic plague ... blister at flea bite site
  • Bullous dystrophy, macular type ... blisters
  • Bullous Pemphigoid ... blisters
  • Buruli ulcer ... skin ulcer

    C

  • Callosities, hereditary painful ... blisters
  • Candidiasis ... small blisters
  • Cellulitis ... blisters
  • Cercarial dermatitis ... small blisters
  • Chickenpox ... itchy blisters, scabbing of blisters, blister-like rash
  • Chronic adult T-Cell leukemia ... skin lesions
  • Complement component deficiency ... skin ulcers
  • Complement receptor deficiency ... skin ulcers
  • Congenital herpes simplex ... blisters
  • Connective tissue disorders ... blistered skin
  • Contact dermatitis ... skin blisters
  • Creeping disease ... blistering
  • Cryptococcosis ... skin lesions
  • Cutaneous Anthrax ... skin ulcer
  • Cutaneous diphtheria ... skin ulcer, infected skin lesions
  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis ... skin lesions
  • Cutaneous mastocytosis ... Blister formation, blistering of skin lesions, skin lesions
  • Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis ... skin lesions, blisters
  • Cutaneous vascularitis ... skin pustules, skin ulcers
  • Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita ... skin ulcers

    D

  • Darier Disease ... crusted skin
  • Dermatitis ... blisters
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis ... blistering skin rash
  • Diabetes ... skin ulcers
  • Dialyzer hypersensitivity syndrome ... urticaria
  • Diphtheria ... infected skin lesions
  • Dipylidium ... Urticaria
  • Dipylidium caninum infection ... urticaria
  • Dracunculiasis ... chronic skin ulcers
  • Duhring disease ... blisters
  • Duhring-Brocq disease ... small blisters
  • Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman ... blisters

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome ... blistered skin
  • Eczema ... crusty rash on cheek, blistered patches, crusty leg blisters, Urticaria, crusty arm blisters, blisters, weeping spots
  • Electrical burns ... Blistering
  • Electrocution ... Blistering
  • Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa ... painful blisters, skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita ... blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, Bart type ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, dominant type ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa intraepidermic ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa inversa dystrophica ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with mottled pigmentation ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Cockayne-Touraine type ... blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Koebner type ... blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type ... blisters on palms, blisters on soles
  • Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, dermolytic ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, generalized atrophic benign ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional, Herlitz-Pearson ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional, with pyloric atrophy ... blistering skin, mucous membrane blisters
  • Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis ... skin blisters
  • Erysipelas ... red skin lesions, pus-filled blisters
  • Erythema multiforme ... blisters
  • Erythrokeratodermia ataxia ... urticaria
  • Exfoliative dermatitis ... crusted skin

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... characteristic skin lesions
  • Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease ... skin blisters
  • Fingerprints absence - syndactyly - milia ... blisters on palms
  • Flea-borne diseases ... Skin lesions
  • Fluke infections ... Urticaria
  • Flynn-Aird syndrome ... chronic skin ulcers
  • Frostbite ... local blisters
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... crusty sores, blisters

    G

  • Genital herpes ... blisters
  • Gestational pemphigoid ... blisters
  • Glanders ... skin ulcer
  • Glucagonoma syndrome ... crusty sores, blisters
  • Granuloma inguinale ... red skin lesions, skin ulcers
  • Grover's disease ... crusty small skin bumps

    H

  • Hailey-Hailey disease ... crusted skin
  • Hand-Foot-Mouth Syndrome ... painful blisters
  • Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome ... skin lesions
  • Helminth infections ... Urticaria
  • HIV/AIDS ... skin lesions
  • Homozygous protein C deficiency ... blistered skin
  • Human adjuvant disease ... Skin lesions
  • Hydroa vacciniforme ... crusted skin lesions, blisters
  • Hyperimidodipeptiduria ... chronic skin ulceration
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... blistered skin, skin lesions

    I

  • Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens ... blistered skin
  • Ichthyosis vulgaris, sex-linked, recessive ... skin lesions
  • Impetigo ... blistery rash that spreads, blisters
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... blistered skin, spiral lines of small fluid-filled blisters
  • Invasive group A Streptococcal disease ... Blisters

    K

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma ... ulcerating spots
  • Keratoacanthoma, familial ... skin lesions

    L

  • Latex allergies ... Blistering, Urticaria
  • Leiomyoma, hereditary multiple, of skin ... red skin lesions
  • Leishmaniasis ... skin lesions
  • Leprosy ... skin lesions, symmetric skin lesions
  • Leukemia, T-Cell ... skin lesions
  • Lipoid proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe ... skin ulcers
  • Lupus ... chronic leg ulcers
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis ... skin ulcers

    M

  • Majeed syndrome ... skin pustules
  • Mastocytosis ... Skin lesions
  • Melioidosis ... skin pustules
  • Meningococcal disease ... skin lesions
  • Mental retardation - arachnodactyly - hypotonia - telangiectasia ... urticaria
  • Molluscum contagiosum ... skin lesions (painless wart-like bumps), irritated skin lesions
  • Mucosal leishmaniasis (espundia) ... skin lesions
  • Multiple keratoacanthoma, Ferguson-Smith type ... skin lesions
  • Mycosis fungoides ... skin ulcers

    N

  • Nakajo syndrome ... urticaria
  • Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome ... urticaria
  • Necrotizing fasciitis ... blisters
  • Neonatal herpes, type 1 virus ... blisters
  • Neonatal herpes, type 2 virus ... blisters
  • Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome ... urticaria
  • Nummular dermatitis ... brown skin lesions

    O

  • Oculocutaneous tyrosinemia ... blistered lesions
  • Orf ... blisters

    P

  • Pachyonychia congenita recessive ... blistered skin
  • Paget's Disease ... crusted lesions
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis ... skin lesions
  • Paragonimiases - lung infection ... urticaria
  • Paragonimiasis ... urticaria
  • Peanut allergies ... Urticaria
  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... urticaria
  • Pemphigus ... blisters, mucous membrane blisters, nasal blisters, skin ulcers, skin blisters
  • Pemphigus and fogo selvagem ... chest blisters, blisters
  • Pemphigus Foliaceus ... Blisters, crusty blisters
  • Pemphigus Vulgaris ... Blisters, skin lesions, crusting skin lesions, skin blisters
  • Pemphigus vulgaris, familial ... skin blisters
  • Penicillin allergy ... Urticaria
  • Periorbital Cellulitis ... blister formation over red area
  • Phaeohyphomycosis ... Skin lesions
  • Phenylketonuria ... blistered skin
  • Pinta ... skin lesions
  • Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta ... skin blisters
  • Plague ... blister at flea bite site
  • Poikiloderma of Kindler ... blisters following mild trauma
  • Poikiloderma of Rothmund-Thomson ... blistered skin
  • Pollen allergy ... Urticaria
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... skin lesions
  • Porphyria ... blisters, skin blisters
  • Postoperative septicaemia ... Skin lesions
  • Protoporphyria ... blistered skin
  • Psoriasis ... skin blisters
  • Pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and acne ... skin lesions

    R

  • Rat-bite fever ... skin ulcers
  • Reactive angioendotheliomatosis ... red skin lesions, purple skin lesions
  • Reiter’s syndrome ... red lesions
  • Rhabditida Infections ... chronic skin ulcers
  • Rheumatoid vasculitis ... skin ulcers
  • Rickettsia ... Skin lesions
  • Rickettsial disease ... skin lesion
  • Ritter syndrome ... crusted lesions around ears, crusted lesions around nose, skin blisters, crusted skin
  • Roundworm ... Urticaria
  • Roy-Maroteaux-Kremp syndrome ... skin lesions

    S

  • SAPHO syndrome ... skin lesions
  • Scrub typhus ... skin lesion
  • Secernentea Infections ... chronic skin ulcers
  • Selenium - overuse ... skin lesions
  • Seronegative Arthritis ... skin lesions
  • Shingles ... semicircular one-sided skin blister rash, small yellow skin blisters, skin blisters
  • Short limbs subluxed knees cleft palate ... urticaria
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... skin ulcers
  • Skin allergies ... Urticaria
  • Skin Cancer ... skin ulcer
  • Skin conditions ... Urticaria
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous ... skin blisters
  • Skin Diseases, Viral ... skin pustules, skin blisters
  • Skin rash ... Urticaria
  • Smoldering adult T-Cell leukemia ... skin lesions
  • Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... crusted lesions
  • Sparse hair - short stature - skin anomalies ... urticaria
  • Sphingolipidosis ... skin lesions
  • Spinal shock ... decubital ulcers
  • Spirurida Infections ... skin ulcer, skin blisters
  • Squamous Cell Skin Cancer ... crusty skin lesion
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... skin lesions (painful), skin blisters
  • Sunburn ... Blisters
  • Superficial spreading melanoma ... skin lesion
  • Systemic mastocytosis ... skin lesions

    T

  • Taeniasis ... Urticaria
  • Tinea ... blisters
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis ... mucous membrane blisters
  • Transient bullous dermolysis of the newborn ... blistered skin
  • Trichinosis ... urticarial rash
  • Trichosporin infection ... skin lesions
  • Tuberous sclerosis ... skin lesions
  • Tuberous sclerosis, type 1 ... skin lesions
  • Type 2 diabetes ... skin ulcers

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... skin lesions

    V

  • Variegate porphyria ... skin blisters
  • Vasculitis hypersensitivity ... Urticaria
  • Vibrio Infections ... blistering skin lesions
  • Vibrio vulnificus ... blistering skin lesions
  • Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) ... skin lesions
  • Vohwinkel syndrome ... Skin lesions

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... red skin lesions, purple skin lesions, necrotic granulomatous skin lesions, skin ulcers, skin blisters
  • Wells syndrome ... Urticaria
  • Werner syndrome ... skin ulcers

    Y

  • Yaws ... crusted lesion, skin ulcers

    Conditions listing complications: Skin lesion:

    The following list of conditions have 'Skin lesion' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    B

  • Behcet's Disease ... skin lesions

    D

  • Dracunculiasis ... skin ulcers

    L

  • Leprosy ... skin ulcers

    M

  • Melioidosis ... skin ulcers

    V

  • Varicose veins ... skin ulcers
  • Vibrio vulnificus ... blistering skin lesions

    Y

  • Yaws ... skin ulcers

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  • Causes of Skin lesion Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Skin lesion based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Skin lesion?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Skin lesion, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Skin lesion:

    Subtypes of Skin lesion:

    Skin ulcer (66 causes), Pigmented lesion, Weals (31 causes), Decubitus ulcers, Scabbing skin, Pressure sore

    Medical Conditions associated with Skin lesion:

    Skin symptoms (1818 causes), Skin problems (1667 causes)

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