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Introduction: Skin conditions
Any condition that affects the skin. The skin is the largest organ in the body and provides a barrier between the body's internal environment and the external environment. It's functions include protection, body temperature regulation and metabolism.
Symptoms of Skin conditions
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Medical Textbooks Online about Skin conditions
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Skin conditions?
- Misdiagnosis of Skin conditions
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- Underlying causes of Skin conditions (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
- Failure to diagnose Skin conditions
Causes of Skin conditions
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- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Skin conditions (4 listings)
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Treatments for Skin conditions
- Vitamin B2 - possibly used for related vitamin B2 deficiency
- Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency
- Vitamin B6 - possibly used for related vitamin B6 deficiency
Read more about treatments for Skin conditions
Videos for Skin conditions
Choosing the Right Sunscreen
There are many situations in which you need sunscreen - and many types of sunscreen to choose from. How do you know you're picking the right...
What Is Eczema?
Millions of people suffer from the skin condition eczema marked by red, itchy patches that sometime become infected. Listen to experts talk about the...
Childhood Psoriasis
Developing psoriasis in childhood or adolescence can be devastating. One of the greatest challenges children with psoriasis face is the anticipation,...
Understanding Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic disease characterized by flaking, redness and inflammation of the skin. Though it affects over 7 million people in the U.S....
Patient Surveys for Skin conditions
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Reseach about Skin conditions
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Clinical Trials for Skin conditions
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Skin conditions include:
- Ceftobiprole in the Treatment of Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Skin Structure Infections - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ceftobiprole medocaril
- Ceftobiprole in the Treatment of Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Skin and Skin Structure Infections - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ceftobiprole medocaril
- A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Oral Levofloxacin Compared With Oral Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Adults With Mild to Moderate Infections of the Skin and the Supportive Layers Beneath the Skin - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - levofloxacin
- A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Oral Levofloxacin Compared With Oral Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Adults With Uncomplicated Infections of the Skin and the Supportive Layers Beneath the Skin - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Levofloxacin
- Study Comparing Tigecycline and Vancomycin With Aztreonam in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tigecycline,vancomycin with aztreonam
See full list of 2370 Clinical Trials for Skin conditions
Prevention of Skin conditions
Prevention information for Skin conditions has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Skin conditions.
- Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency
Read more about prevention of Skin conditions
Statistics for Skin conditions
- Medical statistics for Skin conditions
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Skin conditions
- Death and Mortality statistics for Skin conditions
- Society statistics for Skin conditions
Types of Skin conditions
See full list of 94 Types of Skin conditions
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Definitions of Skin conditions:
A disease affecting the skin - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- Diagnosis of Skin conditions
- Signs of Skin conditions
- Misdiagnosis of Skin conditions
- Undiagnosed Skin conditions
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Skin conditions
- Misdiagnosis of Medication Causes of Skin conditions
- Inheritance and Genetics of Skin conditions
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- Death Statistics for Types of Skin conditions
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- SKIN THICKENING (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Dry Skin (Xerosis) (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Genital Skin Lesions (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Skin Pigmentation (Decreased) (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- SKIN DISCHARGE (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- SKIN MASS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- BLEEDING UNDER THE SKIN (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- SKIN PIGMENTATION AND OTHER PIGMENTARY CHANGES (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- SKIN ULCERS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Pustular rash (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Skin, clammy (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Skin, scaly (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Skin turgor, decreased (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Skin, mottled (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Introduction: Skin Disorders (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pustular rash (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Skin, clammy (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Skin, scaly (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Skin turgor, decreased (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Skin, bronze (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Skin, mottled (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (Handbook of Diseases)
- Skin, clammy (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Skin, mottled (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Pustular rash (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Skin, clammy (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Skin, scaly (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Skin, bronze (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Skin, mottled (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Skin Lesions and Rashes (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Pustular rash (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Skin, clammy (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Skin, scaly (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Skin turgor, decreased (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Skin, mottled (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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