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White skin patches

White skin patches: Introduction

White skin patches: The occurrence of white patches on ones skin. See free access online books about White skin patches below. See detailed information below for a list of 14 causes of White skin patches, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of White skin patches

  • Alb
  • Cutaneus lupus erythematosus
  • Following burns
  • Halo naevi
  • Healed secondary syphilis
  • more causes...»

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White skin patches: Symptom Checker

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Diagnostic Guides for White skin patches

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  • Vitiligo
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
 

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Medications or substances causing White skin patches:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of White skin patches 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.

  • Clonidine transdermal patch
  • Catapres transdermal patch
  • Catapres-TTS-1 transdermal patch
  • Catapres-TTS-2 transdermal patch
  • Catapres-TTS-3 transdermal patch
  • more causes...»

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Detailed list of causes of White skin patches

The list below shows some of the causes of White skin patches mentioned in various sources:

  • Alb
  • Cutaneus lupus erythematosus
  • Following burns
  • Halo naevi
  • Healed secondary syphilis
  • more causes...»

See full list of 14 causes of White skin patches

How Common are these Causes of White skin patches?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of White skin patches. Of the 14 causes of White skin patches that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 1 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 12 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 14 causes of White skin patches

Conditions listing symptoms: White skin patches:

The following list of conditions have 'White skin patches' 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.

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  • Vitiligo ... white skin patches

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  • Causes of White skin patches Based on Risk Factors

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

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    Medical Conditions associated with White skin patches:

    White patches (4 causes), Skin symptoms (3572 causes), Skin problems (3304 causes), Whitening (39 causes), Paleness (443 causes), Skin color changes (1649 causes)

    Symptoms related to White skin patches:

    Pallor (443 causes), Skin pigmentation changes (48 causes), Whitening (39 causes), Skin color changes (1649 causes), Skin rash (930 causes), Vitiligo (7 causes)

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