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Skin swelling: Introduction

Skin swelling: The occurrence of swelling that is located on the skin. See free access online books about Skin swelling below. See detailed information below for a list of 84 causes of Skin swelling, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Diagnostic Guides for Skin swelling

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Skin swelling from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Skin swelling. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Skin swelling

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)

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

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Misdiagnosis and Skin swelling

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Medications or substances causing Skin swelling:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Skin swelling 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.

  • Airol Creams and Lotions
  • Keratolytics
  • Acnederm Lotion
  • Skinoren
  • Benzac
  • more causes...»

See full list of 58 medications causing Skin swelling

Detailed list of causes of Skin swelling

The list below shows some of the causes of Skin swelling mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 84 causes of Skin swelling

How Common are these Causes of Skin swelling?

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 swelling. Of the 84 causes of Skin swelling that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 2 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 83 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 84 causes of Skin swelling

Conditions listing symptoms: Skin swelling:

The following list of conditions have 'Skin swelling' 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

  • Acquired angioedema ... skin swelling
  • Acquired angioedema, type 1 ... skin swelling
  • Acquired angioedema, type 2 ... skin swelling
  • Allergic contact dermatitis ... skin swelling
  • Allergies ... skin swelling
  • Angioneurotic Edema ... skin swelling
  • Asparagus Fern poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Atlantic Poison oak poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Atrial myxoma, familial ... skin swellings

    B

  • Boston Ivy poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Browntail moth caterpillar poisoning ... skin swelling

    C

  • Calla poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Canary ivy poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Candelabra cactus poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Caper spruge poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Century Plant poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Chemical allergy ... skin swelling
  • Chemical burn ... skin swelling
  • Chemical burn - skin ... skin swelling
  • Chemical poisoning - Lewisite ... skin swelling
  • Chemical poisoning - Pepper Spray ... skin swelling
  • Chrome contact allergy ... skin swelling
  • Churee poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Cobalt allergy ... skin swelling
  • Coral snake poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Creeping Spurge poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Cypress spurge poisoning ... skin swelling

    D

  • Devil's Ivy poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Diffuse systemic sclerosi ... skin swelling

    E

  • Eczema ... skin swelling
  • Elephant's-ear poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Erucism ... skin swelling
  • Ethylenediamine dihydrochloride mix allergy ... skin swelling
  • Euphorbium poisoning ... skin swelling

    F

  • Fishtail palm poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Flax poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Flowering spurge poisoning ... skin swelling

    G

  • Geranium poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Ginger lily poisoning ... skin swelling

    H

  • Heliotrope poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura ... skin swelling
  • Hops poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Houseleek poisoning ... skin swelling

    I

  • Idiopathic minimal change nephrotic syndrome ... skin swelling
  • IgE mediated gastrointestinal food allergy ... skin swelling
  • Isothiazolinone allergy ... skin swelling

    L

  • Lepidopterism ... skin swelling

    M

  • Maidenhair tree poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Mercaptobenzothiazole allergy ... skin swelling
  • Milkbush poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Myositis ossificans ... skin swelling

    N

  • Nephthytis poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Nickel contact allergy ... skin swelling

    P

  • P-Phenylenediamine allergy ... skin swelling
  • Perniosis ... skin swelling
  • Peruvian lily poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Piggyback plant poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Plant poisoning - Euphorbiaceae ... skin swelling
  • Plumbago poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Poinsettia poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Poison sumac poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Popcorn tree poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Porphyria ... skin swelling
  • Primrose poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Protoporphyria ... skin swelling

    S

  • Saddleback caterpillar poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Scleredema adultorum ... skin swelling
  • Sea onion poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Senecio poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Skin allergies ... Skin swelling
  • Skin allergy ... skin swelling
  • Skin conditions ... Skin swelling
  • Skin rash ... Skin swelling
  • Snake plant poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Snow-on-the-mountain poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Spiderwort poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Split-leaf philodendron poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Spurge poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Streptococcal Group A invasive disease ... skin swelling
  • Stryker-Halbeisen syndrome ... skin swelling

    T

  • Thimbleweed poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Trumpet Creeper poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Tussock moth caterpillar poisoning ... skin swelling
  • Type I Hypersensitivity ... skin swelling

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    Medical Conditions associated with Skin swelling:

    Skin symptoms (3491 causes), Swelling symptoms (2975 causes), Skin problems (3250 causes)

    Symptoms related to Skin swelling:

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