Common causes of Weak skin

Causes of Weak skin that are common

The following causes of Weak skin are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Connective tissue disorders - stretchy skin

Causes of Weak skin that are rare

The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that affects 200,000 people or less. The following causes of Weak skin appear in the population at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Lichen sclerosis - skin tears easily

Causes of Weak skin that are very rare

The following causes of Weak skin appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Congenital hypothyroidism - waxy skin
• Cushing's syndrome - thin skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - velvety skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta - thin skin

Causes of Weak skin without any prevalence information

The following causes of Weak skin are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Acrogeria (Gottron Type) - thin skin
• Acromegaloid, Cutis Verticis Gyrata, Corneal Leukoma Syndrome - soft skin
• Adrenal adenoma, familial - thin skin
• Adrenal Cancer - thin skin
• Adrenal Cortex Diseases - thin skin
• Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms - thin skin
• Adrenal gland hyperfunction - thin skin
• Adrenal incidentaloma - thin skin
• Adrenocortical carcinoma - thin skin
• Aplastic anemia - waxy skin
• Arterial tortuosity syndrome - hyperextensible skin
• Bone-Marrow failure syndromes - waxy skin
• Chromosome 22, trisomy - thin skin
• Chromosome 6, monosomy 6q - Hyperextensible skin
• Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome - hyperextensible skin
• Cockayne syndrome - thin skin
• Congenital hypothyroidism - waxy skin
• Connective tissue dysplasia, Spellacy type - thin skin
• Cretinism athyreotic - waxy skin
• Cushing syndrome, familial - thin skin
• Cushing's syndrome - thin skin
• Daentl-Townsend-Siegel syndrome - thin skin
• Daentl-Towsend-Siegel syndrome - thin skin
• Deletion 6q - Hyperextensible skin
• Dermo-odontodysplasia - thin skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia - mental retardation - central nervous system malformation - thin skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia - mental retardation - CNS malformation - thin skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia anhidrotic - thin skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal dominant - thin skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia, hypohidrotic, autosomal recessive - thin skin
• Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome - fragile skin
• EDS V - velvety skin
• EDS X - hyperextensible skin
• EDS10 - hyperextensible skin
• EEC syndrome - thin skin
• Ehlers Danlos syndrome type 4, autosomal dominant - thin skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome caused by tenascin-X deficiency - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 3 - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type I - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type II - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type III - soft skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV - thin skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IX - soft skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type V - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VI - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VII - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIII - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type X - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with periventricular heterotopia - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with Platelet Dysfunction from Fibronectin Abnormality - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, 6B - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, arthrochalasic type - fragile skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, cardiac valvular form - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type - soft skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatospraxis type - soft skin
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Dysfibronectinemic type - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobile type - velvety skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility type - soft skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, kyphoscoliosis type - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, progeroid form - fragile skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, tenascin-X deficiency - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, type 10 - hyperextensible skin
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type - thin skin
• Ehlers-Danlos, syndrome, periodontitis type - hyperextensible skin
• Epidermolysa bullosa simplex and limb girdle muscular dystrophy - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, dominant type - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica, Pretibial - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa intraepidermic - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Pruriginosa - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with mottled pigmentation - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa, generalized atrophic benign - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional - thin skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional, with pyloric atrophy - fragile skin
• Epidermolysis bullosa, lethal acantholytic - fragile skin
• Familial hypopituitarism - waxy skin
• Fibronectin-Deficient EDS - hyperextensible skin
• Fontaine-Farriaux-Blanckaert syndrome - thin skin
• Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor - thin skin
• Geroderma osteodysplastica - thin skin
• Gerodermia osteodysplastica - thin skin
• Gerodermia osteodysplastica hereditaria - thin skin
• Gerodermia osteodysplasticum - thin skin
• Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency - thin skin
• Homocystinuria - thin skin
• Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome - thin skin
• Hyperadrenalism - thin skin
• Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens - fragile skin
• Jones-Hersh-Yusk syndrome - thin skin
• Lamellar ichthyosis - thin skin
• Lamellar ichthyosis, autosomal dominant form - thin skin
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 1 - thin skin
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 2 - thin skin
• Lamellar ichthyosis, type 3 - thin skin
• Laron Dwarfism - thin skin
• Laron Pituitary Dwarfism - thin skin
• Laron Syndrome - thin skin
• Laron Type Pituitary Dwarfism 1 - thin skin
• Laron-type Dwarfism Phenotypic Syndrome - thin skin
• Lenz Majewski hyperostotic dwarfism - thin skin
• McCune-Albright Syndrome - skin fragility
• Mental retardation - arachnodactyly - hypotonia - telangiectasia - thin skin
• Myopathy, limb-girdle, with bone fragility - thin skin
• Neoplastic porphyria tarda - fragile skin
• Neu-Laxova Syndrome - thin skin
• Oculopalatocerebral syndrome - soft skin
• OI, Type I - thin skin
• OLEDAID - thin skin
• Onychotrichodysplasia and neutropenia - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta Type I - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1A - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 1B - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2 - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 2A - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type 4 - thin skin
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, type IIB - thin skin
• Panhypopituitarism - waxy skin
• Peptidic growth factors deficiency - thin skin
• Pituitary cancer, childhood - thin skin
• Pituitary tumors, adult - thin skin
• Poikiloderma of Kindler - skin thinning
• Poikilodermatomyositis - mental retardation - thin skin
• Porphyria cutanea tarda, familial type - fragile skin
• Porphyria cutanea tarda, sporadic type - fragile skin
• Progeria - thin skin
• Progeria short stature pigmented nevi - thin skin
• Progressive neurodegeneration - joint laxity - cataract - hyperextensible skin
• Pseudoprogeria syndrome - thin skin
• Rambaud-Galian syndrome - thin skin
• Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome - thin skin
• Rieger anomaly - partial lipodystrophy - thin skin
• Rombo syndrome - thin skin
• Sequeiros-Sack syndrome - thin skin
• Shprintzen-Golberg craniosynostosis - thin skin
• Spastic paraplegia - neuropathy - poikiloderma - thin skin
• Stoll-Alembik-Finck syndrome - thin skin
• Stuve-Wiedemann dysplasia - thin skin
• Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome - thin skin
• Tricho odonto onycho dermal syndrome - thin skin
• Variegate porphyria - Fragile skin
• Xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase (XGPT) deficiency - fragile skin

All Causes of Weak skin

The full list of all possible causes for Weak skin described in various sources is as follows:

• Acrogeria (Gottron Type) - thin skin
• Acromegaloid, Cutis Verticis Gyrata, Corneal Leukoma Syndrome - soft skin
• Adrenal adenoma, familial - thin skin
• Adrenal Cancer - thin skin
• Adrenal Cortex Diseases - thin skin

See full list of possible disease causes of Weak skin

Drug side effect causes of Weak skin

• Medrol Tablets
• Solu-medrol
• Depo-medrol
• Methylprednisolone
• Adlone

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