• May 3, 2024

Did you know that there is a disease called crystal skin? One in every 17 thousand Mexicans suffers from it and it is a disabling condition that if not treated could trigger skin cancer.

Norma Cortés Lozano, dermatologist from the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) details that one of the characteristics of glass skin are blisters, which when broken generate a pain in the face of any friction.

Cortés Lozano explains that the so-called epidermolysis bullosa or bullous epidermolysis is a disease that occurs by an alteration in the genes, and is characterized by a great fragility of the skin before friction.

The specialist explains that anyone can develop epidermolysis bullosa and the first symptoms appear from childhood. Even, some babies are born with blisters.

Patients with mild crystal skin have few blisters on their body, while the severe form generates lesions in the mouth, stomach, esophagus, bladder, the final tract of the colon and in other parts of the body where there are mucous membranes, such as the eyes.

Learn to treat it

In order for patients to have a better quality of life, they are offered multidisciplinary medical care with the help of ophthalmologists, dentists, physiotherapists and psychologists. In addition, they are offered a treatment to calm pain, heal wounds and prevent infections.

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and skin diseases (NIAMS, for its acronym in English). To take care of your skin and prevent the appearance of blisters, it is recommended to protect the skin with comfortable clothes and shoes, keep the skin moisturized with a moisturizer and avoid high temperatures. And you, how do you take care of your skin? If you want to know more information about the skin, click here.

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