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Glossary for Breast rash

Medical terms related to Breast rash or mentioned in this section include:

  • Breast lump: Lump in the breast or on the skin area
  • Breast pain: Pain in or near the breasts (mastodynia)
  • Breast symptoms: Any symptom affecting one or both breasts.
  • Candidiasis: Fungal infection of moist areas such as mouth or vagina
  • Chickenpox: Common viral infection.
  • Contact dermatitis: Skin reaction to an irritant
  • Dandruff: Scaly and dry material that is shed from the scalp
  • Discoid eczema: Discoid eczema is a common form of skin inflammation and irritation characterized by its round or oval shape. The size of the lesions may vary from a few millimetres to centimetres across. The cause is unknown but minor injuries such as insect bites may be triggers. The lesions tend to occur most often on the limbs.
  • Dry skin: Dryness, cracking or scaling of the skin.
  • Eczema: Skin rash usually from allergic causes.
  • Erythema nodosum: Allergic skin condition usually on the legs
  • HIV/AIDS: HIV is a sexually transmitted virus and AIDS is the progressive immune failure that HIV causes.
  • Heat rash: Skin rash due to hot and humid weather
  • Ichthyosis: Toughness or scaliness of the skin
  • Inflammatory breast cancer: Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of invasive breast cancer, where the skin of the breast becomes red, inflamed and pitted in appearance.
  • Mastitis: Infected breast common in nursing mothers
  • Measles: Once common viral infection now rare due to vaccination.
  • Melanoma: Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is the leading cause of death from skin disease. It involves cells called melanocytes, which produce a skin pigment called melanin. Melanin is responsible for skin and hair color.
  • Nipple pain:
  • Nipple symptoms: Any symptom affecting the nipple.
  • Rash: Rash of any type affecting the skin.
  • Scaly skin: Toughness or scaliness of the skin
  • Shingles: Infectious viral infection occuring years after chickenpox infection.
  • Skin problems: Any condition that affects the skin
  • Skin symptoms: Symptoms affecting the skin.
  • Stasis dermatitis:

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