• April 25, 2024

exist strange diseases of the skin that maybe you do not know but seeing them can generate a great visual impact, that is why we recommend an appropriate treatment and go to the dermatologist in case of presenting something similar.

An example of this is the case of Nar Kumari, a small one that at birth seemed perfectly "normal", but over the course of days his skin began to peel and to be replaced by thick, black scales.

His disease has a harlequin ichthyosis name, an extremely rare condition that causes the skin to grow seven times faster.

The Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology , indicates that every time there are more problems in the skin and that these are due to contact eczema, solar radiation, contaminated places and stress. Some of these rare skin diseases are:

1.- Epidermolysis Bullosa

It is a genetic disease that is characterized by the appearance of sores and blisters. This condition causes a lot of pain and little tolerance to contact.

2.- Neurofibromatosis

It is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that causes the appearance of benign tumors, however, it seriously affects the appearance of the skin and deforms the bones.

3. Ichthyosis

This word from the Greek means fish, and causes a kind of scales on the skin. Ichthyosis affects one in every 300 thousand people in the world.

4. Dermographism

This disease is extremely strange, causes sensitivity of the skin causing it to inflame or mark with the slightest contact.

5. Cushing's syndrome

This condition caused by a high level of the hormone cortisol, generates infections in the skin, purple marks and bruises.

6. Argyria

It has been detected that this disease appears when there was a lot of contact with silver salts, it is characterized because it gives the skin a bluish hue.

7. Verruciform epidermodysplasia

It is characterized by the eruption of the skin, giving it a very striking appearance. This disease arises from a genetic defect that does not allow the immune system to fight the infection of the human papillomavirus.

As you can see, there are strange diseases of the skin that they must have a strong care to be able to control them, since the majority when being hereditary, they do not count on very effective treatments.

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