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Diseases » Acrodermatitis » Summary
 

What is Acrodermatitis?

What is Acrodermatitis?

  • Acrodermatitis: A skin condition that occurs mainly in children and is most often present on the limbs. It involves a bumpy skin rash with fever and malaise sometimes also occurring. The disorder itself is harmless by may be signify viral infections such as hepatitis B and Epstein-Barr.

Acrodermatitis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Acrodermatitis, or a subtype of Acrodermatitis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Acrodermatitis: Introduction

What are the symptoms of Acrodermatitis?

Symptoms of Acrodermatitis: see symptoms of Acrodermatitis

Acrodermatitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Acrodermatitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Acrodermatitis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Acrodermatitis: see treatments for Acrodermatitis

Name and Aliases of Acrodermatitis

Main name of condition: Acrodermatitis

Other names or spellings for Acrodermatitis:

Papular acrodermatitis of childhood, Papulovesicular acro-located syndrome

Papular acrodermatitis of childhood, Papulovesicular acrolocated syndrome, Papulovesicular acro-located syndrome, Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, Acrodermatitis papulosa infantum, Acropapulo-vesicular syndrome, Erythemato-vesiculo-papulous eruptive syndrome
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)


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