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Causes of Blisters

This section discusses 419 medical conditions causing Blisters. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Blisters:

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

Causes of Blisters listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Blisters as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Blisters:

The following list of conditions have 'Blisters' 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
  • Adverse reaction to chemical - 1,2-Dibromoethane ... skin blistering
  • African milk bush poisoning ... blistered skin
  • 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
  • Behcet's Disease ... skin pustules
  • Benign mucosal pemphigoid ... itchy blisters, blisters on the vulva
  • Blue rubber bleb nevus ... blister-like hemangiomas
  • 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 ... skin blistering
  • Buttercup poisoning ... blistering

    C

  • Callistin shellfish poisoning ... urticaria
  • Callosities, hereditary painful ... blisters
  • Canary ivy poisoning ... blistered skin
  • Candelabra cactus poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Candidiasis ... small blisters
  • Caper spruge poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Caterpillar complication poisoning ... blistered skin, urticaria
  • Cellulitis ... scabs, blisters
  • Cercarial dermatitis ... small blisters
  • 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 - 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 - Ethyleneamine ... skin blistering
  • Chemical poisoning - Formaldehyde ... urticaria
  • 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 - 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
  • Churee poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Cocky Apple stinging caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Common Woolly Bear moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Condoms and diaphragms induced allergies ... skin blisters
  • Congenital herpes simplex ... blisters
  • Connective tissue disorders ... blistered skin
  • Contact dermatitis ... skin blisters
  • Creeping disease ... blistering
  • Creeping Spurge poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Crown of Thorns poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Cutaneous mastocytosis ... Blister formation, blistering of skin lesions
  • Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis ... blisters
  • Cutaneous vascularitis ... skin pustules

    D

  • Darier Disease ... crusted skin
  • Dendrolimiasis ... urticaria
  • Dermatitis ... blisters
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis ... blistering skin rash
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis related allergy ... skin blisters
  • Dermatophilosis ... skin pustules
  • Dermatostomatitis, Stevens Johnson type ... skin blisters
  • Dialyzer hypersensitivity syndrome ... urticaria
  • Dipylidium ... Urticaria
  • Dipylidium caninum infection ... urticaria
  • Drug Allergies ... skin blisters
  • Drug-Induced Pemphigus ... skin blisters
  • Duhring disease ... blisters
  • Duhring-Brocq disease ... small blisters
  • Dyskeratosis congenita of Zinsser-Cole-Engman ... blisters

    E

  • 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, skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa ... painful blisters, skin blistering, skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita ... blisters
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica, Autosomal Dominant ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, Bart type ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, dominant type ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica, Pretibial ... blistered skin
  • Epidermolysis bullosa intraepidermic ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis bullosa inversa dystrophica ... skin blisters
  • Epidermolysis Bullosa Pruriginosa ... blistered skin
  • 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
  • Flowering spurge poisoning ... skin blisters
  • Fluke infections ... Urticaria
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - chocolate ... urticaria
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - sulphite ... urticaria
  • Fresh Mangrove caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Frostbite ... local blisters
  • Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor ... crusty sores, blisters

    G

  • Garden chrysanthemum poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Generalized pustular psoriasis ... crusted skin lesions
  • Genital herpes ... blisters
  • Gestational pemphigoid ... blisters
  • Giant silkworm poisoning ... urticaria
  • Ginger lily poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Glucagonoma syndrome ... crusty sores, blisters
  • 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
  • Homozygous protein C deficiency ... blistered skin
  • Hops poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Hot pepper poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Hydroa vacciniforme ... crusted skin lesions, blisters
  • Hydroid poisoning ... urticaria
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... blistered skin

    I

  • Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens ... blistered skin
  • IgA Pemphigus ... skin pustules, skin blisters, crusted skin
  • 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 ... ulcerating spots
  • Keratosis palmoplantaris - corneal dystrophy ... blistered lesions

    L

  • Latex allergies ... Blistering, Urticaria
  • Latex catheters induced allergies ... skin blisters
  • Leatherwood poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Lepidopterism ... skin blistering
  • Linear IgA dermatosis ... blistered lesions, crusted skin lesions, small blisters
  • Lion's mane jellyfish poisoning ... skin blistering

    M

  • Maidenhair tree poisoning ... skin blistering
  • Majeed syndrome ... skin pustules
  • Marsh marigold poisoning ... blistering
  • Melioidosis ... skin pustules
  • 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
  • Moynahan syndrome III ... skin blistering

    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
  • 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
  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... urticaria
  • Pemphigus ... blisters, mucous membrane blisters, nasal blisters, skin blisters
  • Pemphigus and fogo selvagem ... chest blisters, blisters
  • Pemphigus Foliaceus ... Blisters, crusty blisters
  • Pemphigus paraneoplastic ... skin 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 ... skin blisters

    R

  • Randa's Eyed Silk moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Rattle snake poisoning ... blistering
  • Red Whelk poisoning ... urticaria
  • Ritter syndrome ... crusted lesions around ears, crusted lesions around nose, skin blisters, crusted skin
  • Roundworm ... Urticaria

    S

  • Satin moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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

    T

  • Taeniasis ... Urticaria
  • 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

    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 blisters
  • Wells syndrome ... Urticaria, skin blistering
  • White marked tussock moth caterpillar poisoning ... urticaria
  • Wound drains and tubes induced allergies ... skin blisters

    Y

  • Yaws ... crusted lesion

    Conditions listing medical complications: Blisters:

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

    N

  • NOMID syndrome ... urticaria

    V

  • Vibrio vulnificus ... blistering skin lesions

    More Information About Blisters

    List of 419 causes of Blisters

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Blisters in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Blisters

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Blisters as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 9 drug side effect causes of Blisters]

    Medical Textbooks about Blisters

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Blisters. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Blisters (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • Skin, scaly
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Pustular rash
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Skin, scaly
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Skin, scaly
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
     

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