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Sores: Introduction

Further information about Sores is below, or review more specific information about these types of Sores: pus, blisters, cold sores, skin sores, bed sores, open wounds, spots, Weals or other types.

Sores: Sores affecting the skin. See free access online books about Sores below. See detailed information below for a list of 433 causes of Sores, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Sores:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Sores. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

See full list of 433 causes of Sores

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Causes of Types of Sores:

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See full list of 24 types for Sores

Sores: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Sores, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Sores: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Sores

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Diagnostic Guides for Sores

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

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis" (2007)
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)

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

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Misdiagnosis and Sores

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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Stories from Users for Sores

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Videos for Sores

How to Deal with Herpes

How to Deal with HerpesGenital herpes remains one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases, but most don't know they are infected. Learn how to stay safe and...

Your Rights as a Patient

Your Rights as a PatientWhenever you go to a hospital or clinic for a major procedure or diagnostic test, one of the many forms you are given to sign is an "informed...

 

Protecting from Infection

Protecting from InfectionGerms are a fact of life and catching an infectious disease like a cold may seem inevitable. But there are simple ways to protect yourself against...

Responsible Sexual Behavior

Responsible Sexual BehaviorSexual contact can sometimes result in problems. An unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases may be some of those consequences. But by...

 
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Patient Surveys for Sores

Organs affected by Sores:

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

Detailed list of causes of Sores

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

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How Common are these Causes of Sores?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Sores. Of the 433 causes of Sores that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 8 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 11 causes are "common" diseases
  • 8 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 3 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 22 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 393 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 433 causes of Sores

Conditions listing symptoms: Sores:

The following list of conditions have 'Sores' 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

  • Abalone poisoning ... urticaria
  • Acne Vulgaris ... skin pustules
  • Acrodermatitis Enteropathica ... mucous membrane blisters
  • Actinic cheilitis ... lip ulcers
  • Actinomycetales infection ... organ abscesses, skin abscess
  • Actinomycosis ... abscess formation
  • Adverse reaction to chemical - 1,2-Dibromoethane ... skin blistering
  • African milk bush poisoning ... blistered skin
  • African Sleeping sickness ... red sore
  • Allergic contact dermatitis ... skin blistering
  • Aquagenous Urticaria ... skin blisters
  • Asian Dendorlimus pini caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Asparagus berry overdose ... skin blisters
  • Asparagus Fern poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Atlantic Poison oak poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis ... urticaria
  • Autoimmune Vasculitis ... Urticaria
  • Autosensitization dermatitis ... skin blisters

    B

  • Baby bottle nipples induced allergies ... skin blisters
  • Bahemuka Brown syndrome ... urticaria
  • Baneberry poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Basal cell carcinoma ... crusted skin lesions
  • Bedsores ... skin ulcers
  • Behcet's Disease ... skin pustules
  • Bejel ... skin ulcers
  • Benign mucosal pemphigoid ... itchy blisters, blisters on the vulva
  • Blastomycosis ... abscess over bone lesion
  • Blue rubber bleb nevus ... blister-like hemangiomas
  • Boil ... pus head appears on the boil, burst boil, boil on skin
  • Box Jellyfish poisoning ... blistered skin
  • Bristleworm poisoning ... urticarial rash
  • Browntail moth caterpillar poisoning ... blistered skin, urticaria
  • Bubble bath allergy ... skin blisters
  • Bubonic plague ... blister at flea bite site
  • Bullous dystrophy, macular type ... blisters
  • Bullous Pemphigoid ... blisters
  • Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus ... skin blisters, crusted skin
  • Burns ... open wounds, skin blistering
  • Buttercup poisoning ... blistering

    C

  • Callistin shellfish poisoning ... urticaria
  • Callosities, hereditary painful ... blisters
  • Canary ivy poisoning ... blistered skin
  • Cancer ... Poorly healing skin sore, abscess
  • Candelabra cactus poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Candidiasis ... small blisters
  • Canker sores ... lip ulcers
  • Caper spruge poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Carbuncle ... boils, group of boils, skin abscess
  • Caterpillar complication poisoning ... blistered skin, urticaria
  • Cellulitis ... scabs, blisters
  • Cercarial dermatitis ... small blisters
  • Cheilitis glandularis ... lip ulcers
  • Chemical allergy ... skin blisters
  • Chemical burn ... skin blisters
  • Chemical burn - skin ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - 1,2-Dibromoethane ... blistered skin, skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - 1-Amino-2-propanol ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - 2,4-Dichlorophenol ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - acetic acid ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Acrylonitrile ... skin blistering, skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Allyl alcohol ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Allyl Glycidyl Ether ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Ammonia ... urticaria
  • Chemical poisoning - Ammonium Bifluoride ... skin pustules
  • Chemical poisoning - Benzene ... blistered skin
  • Chemical poisoning - Beryllium ... skin ulcers
  • Chemical poisoning - Butylamines ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Calcium hypochlorite ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Captafol ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorinated naphthalene ... skin pustules
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Epichlorohydrin ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Ether ... skin ulcers
  • Chemical poisoning - Ethyleneamine ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Formaldehyde ... urticaria
  • Chemical poisoning - Hexachlorobenzene ... skin ulcers
  • Chemical poisoning - Hexachlorobutadiene ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Hexamethylene Diisocyanate ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Hydrogen Fluoride ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Lewisite ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Methyl Bromide ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Morpholine ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Palladium ... urticaria
  • Chemical poisoning - Pentachlorophenol ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Pepper Spray ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Platinum ... urticaria
  • Chemical poisoning - Rhodium ... urticaria
  • Chemical poisoning - Selenium Dioxide ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Silver ... skin ulcers
  • Chemical poisoning - Sodium Azide ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Sodium Hypochlorite ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Sulfur Trioxide ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide ... urticaria
  • Chemical poisoning - Thioglycolic Acid ... skin blisters
  • Chemical poisoning - Vinyl Acetate ... skin blisters
  • Chickenpox ... itchy blisters, scabbing of blisters, scabbing of blisters, blister-like rash
  • Chirodropidae poisoning ... urticaria
  • Chrome contact allergy ... skin blistering
  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... boils
  • Churee poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Cocky Apple stinging caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Cold sores ... lip ulcers
  • Common Woolly Bear moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Complement component deficiency ... skin ulcers
  • Complement receptor deficiency ... skin ulcers
  • Condoms and diaphragms induced allergies ... skin blisters
  • Congenital herpes simplex ... blisters
  • Congenital syphilis ... skin sores
  • Connective tissue disorders ... blistered skin
  • Contact dermatitis ... skin blisters
  • Creeping disease ... blistering
  • Creeping Spurge poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Crohn's disease ... abscess
  • Crown of Thorns poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Crystal meth addiction ... skin sores
  • Cutaneous mastocytosis ... Blister formation, blistering of skin lesions
  • Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis ... blisters
  • Cutaneous vascularitis ... skin pustules, skin ulcers
  • Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita ... skin ulcers

    D

  • Darier Disease ... crusted skin
  • Dendrolimiasis ... urticaria
  • Dental caries ... Abscess
  • Dental conditions ... Abscess
  • Dermatitis ... blisters
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis ... blistering skin rash
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis related allergy ... skin blisters
  • Dermatophilosis ... skin pustules
  • Dermatostomatitis, Stevens Johnson type ... skin blisters
  • Diabetes ... skin boils, abscess, skin ulcers
  • Diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal ... abscess
  • Dialyzer hypersensitivity syndrome ... urticaria
  • Dipylidium ... Urticaria
  • Dipylidium caninum infection ... urticaria
  • Drug Allergies ... skin blisters
  • Duhring disease ... blisters
  • Duhring-Brocq disease ... small blisters
  • Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman ... blisters

    E

  • East African Trypanosomiasis ... red sore
  • Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome ... blistered skin
  • Eczema ... crusting, crusty rash on cheek, blistered patches, crusty leg blisters, Urticaria, crusty arm blisters, blisters, weeping spots, skin blisters
  • Eczema vaccinatum ... blistered skin
  • Electrical burns ... Blistering
  • Electrocution ... Blistering
  • English Ivy poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa ... painful blisters, skin blistering, 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
  • Erucism ... skin blistering
  • Erysipelas ... pus-filled blisters
  • Erythema multiforme ... blisters
  • Erythrokeratodermia ataxia ... urticaria
  • Ethylenediamine dihydrochloride mix allergy ... skin blisters
  • Euphorbium poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Exfoliative dermatitis ... crusted skin

    F

  • False cactus poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease ... skin blisters
  • Fingerprints absence - congenital milia ... blisters on palms
  • Fingerprints absence - syndactyly - milia ... blisters on palms
  • Fire coral larvae envenomation ... blistered skin
  • Fire Coral poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Fishtail palm poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Flavimonas oryzihabitans ... abscesses
  • Flowering spurge poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Fluke infections ... Urticaria
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - chocolate ... urticaria
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - sulphite ... urticaria
  • Fournier Gangrene ... pus
  • Fresh Mangrove caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Frostbite ... local blisters
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... oozing sores, crusty sores, crusty sores, spreading sores, blisters

    G

  • Garden chrysanthemum poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Generalized pustular psoriasis ... crusted skin lesions
  • Genital herpes ... episodic recurrent outbreaks of sores interspersed with remission periods, sores, blisters
  • Gestational pemphigoid ... blisters
  • Giant silkworm poisoning ... urticaria
  • Ginger lily poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Glanders ... pus-forming skin infections, skin abscess
  • Glucagonoma syndrome ... oozing sores, crusty sores, crusty sores, spreading sores, blisters
  • Granuloma inguinale ... skin ulcers
  • Grapeleaf skeletonizer caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Grover's disease ... crusty small skin bumps
  • Gypsy moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria

    H

  • Hailey-Hailey disease ... crusted skin
  • Hand-Foot-Mouth Syndrome ... painful blisters
  • Handgrips induced allergies ... blisters
  • Heliotrope poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Helminth infections ... Urticaria
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Clove ... urticaria
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Ginkgo biloba ... urticaria
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Nettles ... urticaria
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Passion Flower ... urticaria
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Chaste Tree ... urticaria
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Garlic ... skin blistering
  • Hickory tussock moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • HIV/AIDS ... abscess
  • Homozygous protein C deficiency ... blistered skin
  • Hops poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Hot pepper poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Hydroa vacciniforme ... crusted skin lesions, blisters
  • Hydroid poisoning ... urticaria
  • Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... skin abscesses
  • Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E ... skin abscesses
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... blistered skin

    I

  • Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens ... blistered skin
  • Immune deficiency conditions ... abscess
  • Impetigo ... dried scabs, blistery rash that spreads, blisters
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... blistered skin, spiral lines of small fluid-filled blisters
  • Invasive group A Streptococcal disease ... Blisters
  • Isothiazolinone allergy ... skin blisters

    J

  • Japanese poinsettia poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Jones-Hersh-Yusk syndrome ... skin blistering

    K

  • Kaposi's Sarcoma ... brown spots, red-purple spots in mouth, dark spots, red-purple spots on legs, red-purple spots on arms, reddish-purple spots, ulcerating spots, ulcerating spots
  • Keratosis palmoplantaris - corneal dystrophy ... blistered lesions
  • Kraemer syndrome ... abscess in scleral vessels

    L

  • Latex allergies ... Blistering, Urticaria
  • Latex catheters induced allergies ... skin blisters
  • Leatherwood poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Leishmaniasis ... raised edge sores, scabs, skin sores
  • Lepidopterism ... skin blistering
  • Leukemia ... skin sores
  • Linear IgA dermatosis ... blistered lesions, crusted skin lesions, skin sores, skin ulcers, small blisters, lip ulcers
  • Lion's mane jellyfish poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Lipoid proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe ... skin ulcers
  • Listeriosis - granulomatous infantiseptica ... skin abscess
  • Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis ... skin ulcers

    M

  • Maidenhair tree poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Majeed syndrome ... skin pustules
  • Marsh marigold poisoning ... blistering
  • Mayapple poisoning ... skin ulcers
  • Melioidosis ... abscesses, skin pustules, skin abscesses, lymph node abscesses, organ abscesses, bone abscesses
  • Mental retardation - arachnodactyly - hypotonia - telangiectasia ... urticaria
  • Mercaptobenzothiazole allergy ... skin blisters
  • Mesquite Buck moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Mesquite stinger caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Milkbush poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Millipede poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Moccasin snake poisoning ... blistered skin
  • Moon Jellyfish poisoning ... urticaria
  • Morgellons Disease ... skin sores
  • Mouth ulcers ... lip ulcers
  • Moynahan syndrome III ... skin blistering
  • 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
  • Nocardiosis ... skin abscesses, organ abscesses
  • Non-Food Allergy - mosquito ... blistered skin

    O

  • Oculocutaneous tyrosinemia ... blistered lesions
  • Oleander caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Olindias sp poisoning ... urticaria
  • Orf ... blisters

    P

  • P-Phenylenediamine allergy ... skin blisters
  • Pachyonychia congenita recessive ... blistered skin
  • Pacifiers induced allergies ... blisters
  • Paget's Disease ... crusted lesions
  • Pale tussock moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Paming moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Paragonimiases - lung infection ... urticaria
  • Paragonimiasis ... urticaria
  • Peanut allergies ... Urticaria
  • Pediculosis ... body sores
  • 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, crusting skin lesions, skin blisters
  • Pemphigus vulgaris, familial ... skin blisters
  • Penicillin allergy ... Urticaria
  • Periorbital Cellulitis ... blister formation over red area
  • Peruvian lily poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Pfiesteria piscicida infection ... blisters
  • Phenylketonuria ... blistered skin
  • Phototoxic eczema ... blistered skin
  • Piggyback plant poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta ... skin blisters
  • Plague ... blister at flea bite site
  • Plant poisoning - Euphorbiaceae ... skin blistering
  • Plumbago poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Poikiloderma of Kindler ... blisters following mild trauma
  • Poikiloderma of Rothmund-Thomson ... blistered skin
  • Poinsettia poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Poison sumac poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Pollen allergy ... Urticaria
  • Pompholyx (dyshidrotic eczema) ... skin blisters
  • Popcorn tree poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Porphyria ... blisters, skin blisters
  • Portugese Man-of-War larvae envenomation ... blistered skin
  • Primrose poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Processionary tree caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Protoporphyria ... blistered skin
  • Psoriasis ... small red patches, skin blisters

    R

  • Randa's Eyed Silk moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Rat-bite fever ... skin ulcers
  • Rattle snake poisoning ... blistering
  • Red Whelk poisoning ... urticaria
  • Rheumatoid vasculitis ... skin ulcers
  • Rhodococcus equi ... skin abscess
  • Ritter syndrome ... crusted lesions around ears, crusted lesions around nose, skin blisters, crusted skin
  • Roundworm ... Urticaria

    S

  • Satin moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • SCID ... cold sores
  • Sea anemone larvae envenomation ... blistered skin
  • Sea bather's eruption ... blistered skin
  • Sea onion poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Sea thimble larvae envenomation ... blistered skin
  • Sea wasp poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Sea wasp poisoning (Chiropsalmus quadrigatus) ... skin blistering
  • Sea wasp poisoning - Chironex fleckeri ... skin blistering
  • Senecio poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Shingles ... semicircular one-sided skin blister rash, scabs, small yellow skin blisters, skin blisters
  • Short limbs subluxed knees cleft palate ... urticaria
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... skin ulcers
  • Silky Oak poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Silver Spotted Tiger moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Skin allergies ... Urticaria
  • Skin allergy ... skin blisters
  • Skin conditions ... Urticaria
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous ... skin blisters
  • Skin Diseases, Viral ... skin pustules, skin sores, skin blisters
  • Skin rash ... Urticaria
  • Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... crusted lesions
  • Snow-on-the-mountain poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Soap allergy ... skin blisters
  • Sparse hair - short stature - skin anomalies ... urticaria
  • Spiny elm caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Spirometra erinace-ieuropaei infection ... urticaria
  • Spirometra mansoni infection ... urticaria
  • Spirometra mansonoides infection ... urticaria
  • Spirometra theileri infection ... urticaria
  • Spirurida Infections ... skin blisters
  • Sporotrichosis ... open sores (ulcerations), boil-like lesions
  • Spurge poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Squamous Cell Skin Cancer ... crusty skin lesion
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... skin blisters
  • Stinging Bark caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Stinging Nettle caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Stinging Rose caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Striped Blister Beetle poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Sun allergy ... skin blisters
  • Sunburn ... Blisters
  • Sunscreen allergy ... skin blisters
  • Syphilis ... small brown sores

    T

  • Taeniasis ... Urticaria
  • The clap ... abscesses
  • Thimbleweed poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Tinea ... scabs, blisters
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis ... mucous membrane blisters
  • Transient bullous dermolysis of the newborn ... blistered skin
  • Trichinosis ... urticarial rash
  • True Jellyfish larvae envenomation ... blistered skin
  • Tulip poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Tussock moth caterpillar poisoning ... blistered skin, urticaria
  • Type 2 diabetes ... skin ulcers

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... abscess

    V

  • Variegate porphyria ... skin blisters
  • Vasculitis hypersensitivity ... Urticaria
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio damsela ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio fluvialis ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio furnissii ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio holisae ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio metschnikovii ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio mimicus ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio parahaemolyticus ... blistered skin
  • Vibrio Infections ... blistering skin lesions
  • Vibrio vulnificus ... blistering skin lesions

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... skin ulcers, skin blisters
  • Wells syndrome ... Urticaria, skin blistering
  • Werner syndrome ... skin ulcers
  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... red sore
  • White marked tussock moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Wound drains and tubes induced allergies ... skin blisters

    Y

  • Yaws ... crusted lesion, skin ulcers

    Conditions listing complications: Sores:

    The following list of conditions have 'Sores' 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

  • Bacteremia ... abscesses
  • Bacterial appendicitis ... Abscess formation

    C

  • Cancer ... abscess
  • Chancroid ... abscess
  • Crohn's disease ... Abscesses, abscess

    D

  • Diabetes ... abscess
  • Diverticular Disease ... Abscess formation
  • Dracunculiasis ... skin ulcers

    E

  • Epiglotitis ... skin abscess

    G

  • Gnathostoma Infection ... abscess

    H

  • HIV/AIDS ... abscess

    I

  • Immune deficiency conditions ... abscess

    L

  • Leprosy ... skin ulcers
  • Loiasis ... abscess

    M

  • Melioidosis ... skin ulcers

    N

  • Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV ... skin ulcers
  • NOMID syndrome ... urticaria

    O

  • Osteomyelitis ... abscess

    P

  • Parasitic appendicitis ... Abscess formation
  • Prostatic tuberculosis ... Abscess

    S

  • Salpingitis ... abscesses
  • Sebaceous cyst ... abscess
  • Sepsis ... abscesses
  • Septicemia ... abscesses
  • Sialadenitis ... abscess
  • Sigmoid diverticulitis ... Abscess formation
  • Spinal cord injury ... bed sores
  • Staphylococcal infection ... abscesses, boils

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... abscess

    V

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

    X

  • Xanthogranulomatous sialadenitis ... abscess

    Y

  • Yaws ... skin ulcers

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  • Causes of Sores Based on Risk Factors

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

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Sores?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Sores, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Sores:

    Subtypes of Sores:

    Pus (27 causes), Blisters (331 causes), Cold sores (1 cause), Skin sores (9 causes), Bed sores, Open wounds (1 cause), Spots (2 causes), Weals (82 causes), Scaly eruptions, Skin blistering (45 causes), Pustular rash, Scabs (7 causes), Scabbing skin, Abscess (17 causes), Chronic abscess

    Medical Conditions associated with Sores:

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

    Symptoms related to Sores:

    Skin rash (900 causes), Skin ulcers, Skin blisters (331 causes), Skin symptoms (3491 causes)

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