01 Jun 2008
Although not life-threatening, eye conditions can be debilitating. By Dr Elena Novitskaya and Dr...) is a chronic, typically bilateral condition, in which eyelid margins are inflamed. 1 ...
dysfunction. Evidence of various dermatological conditions that can occur in association with blepharitis ...
but the skin becomes thick with crusts. 4 Medical care simply involves removal of the offending agent from ...
29 Feb 2008
| by Dr Shikha Gupta, specialist registrar, and Dr Karen Harman,
for patients with pigmented skin. This disfiguring pigmentation can develop with many inflammatory diseases ...
of these diseases is important. Some inflammatory skin diseases commonly lead to post-inflammatory ...
to reassure patients that this condition is confined to the skin with a good prognosis, and is unrelated ...
01 Sep 2006
PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM A 38-year-old man required a subtotal colectomy for severe inflammatory ...
relatively rare condition of unknown aetiology. There is a strong association with underlying chronic inflammatory disease, especially of the bowel, or a neoplastic process, especially of the haematological ...
01 Dec 2010
| by Dr Brian Malcolm
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Advanced basal cell carcinoma This 76-year-old man attended the skin clinic ...
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Initially, bloods demonstrated increased inflammatory markers but a normal WCC. However, on subsequent ...
reactions, pregnancy and systemic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. Many cases are idiopathic ...
25 Nov 2010
| by Dr Philip Marazzi
Dr Philip Marazzi outlines some commonly presented skin conditions, before and after treatment.... She tried various creams unsuccessfully and she had no history of skin problems. The distribution ...
was delighted. Following a short course of treatment, the condition appears to have gone into a complete ...
the circulation to the limb and skin grafting to help the ulcer to close over. He has been treated with a variety ...
01 Dec 2007
the condition is recognised. The natural history is one of gradual improvement over years, leaving a brownish ...
. Repeated intralesional triamcinolone into areas where skin thickening causes symptoms or limitation ...
illusion of improvement owing to the anti-inflammatory effect of topical steroids, with a diminished margin ...
01 Sep 2009
| by Dr Brian Malcolm
materials. Appearances of Wickham's striae, a delicate reticulate network in the mucous membranes and skin ...
condition, comprising erosions and fissures. A biopsy can be useful if there is diagnostic doubt ...
symmetrical, intensely itchy eruption of relatively sudden onset. There was no past history of skin problems ...
01 Mar 2007
. The appearance is of discrete skin, known as monomorphic papules. The disease is more common in women and runs a ...
and papular varieties, which may coexist, and more rarely, a tumefactant variation. Primary skin amyloid ...
much more subtly and is often mistaken as post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. The chest and back ...
01 Dec 2006
-healing, but otherwise asymptomatic, inflammatory discrete nodule on the tip of his nose, which was superficially ...
(Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome). These may be variations on the same condition. No cause has been established. Sarcoidosis and Crohn s disease must be excluded. The sexes are equally affected and the condition ...
01 Dec 2010
| by Dr Sonia Mansukhani and Dr Anshoo Sahota
As the population ages, some skin conditions will be seen more often, and although they are rarely...ABSTRACT
Certain skin conditions and symptoms are much more common in elderly ...
treatable.
Key words Skin conditions, elderly
Asteatotic eczema Many types ...
and scaling, giving the skin a 'crazy paving' appearance. 2 Patients often present in winter with dry ...