Heat rash (Miliaria): Images, Causes, and Treatment - DermNet Miliaria, also known as sweat heat rash or prickly heat is a skin condition caused by blocked or inflamed sweat ducts Heat rash is common especially in hot, humid or tropical climates
Fox-fordyce disease - DermNet Fox-Fordyce disease, Apocrine miliaria, Apocrine duct occlusion, Sweat retention disease Authoritative facts from DermNet New Zealand
Skin conditions affecting newborn babies - DermNet Miliaria Miliaria affects about 15% of newborn babies in warm climates and is due to blockage (occlusion) of the sweat duct If the occlusion is superficial, sweat collects just below the stratum corneum (dead cells on the skin surface) forming clear, thin-walled blisters (miliaria cristallina)
Heat and cold - DermNet Miliaria Miliaria refers to sweat rash (prickly heat) due to obstructed sweat glands and perhaps localised hyperproliferation of specific commensal microorganisms such as strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis It presents with non- follicular superficial papules, vesicles or pustules mainly arising on the trunk
Milium, milia - DermNet What is a milium? A milium is a small cyst containing keratin (the skin protein); they are usually multiple and are then known as milia These harmless cysts present as tiny pearly-white bumps just under the surface of the skin What are the clinical features of milia? Milia are common in all ages and both sexes They most often arise on the face and are particularly prominent on the eyelids
Bacterial skin infections. Folliculitis and furunculosis - DermNet Miliaria Hidradenitis suppurativa is sometimes mistaken for boils Hidradenitis affects the axillae, inguinal, perianal and submammary areas and results in inflamed boil-like nodules that may suppurate and scar It does not respond to standard antibiotic therapy and S aureus is infrequently cultured Refer to a dermatologist for management
Miliaria image - DermNet Miliaria is a common skin disease caused by blockage and or inflammation of eccrine sweat ducts Miliaria is frequently seen in hot, humid, or tropical climates, in patients in hospital, and in the neonatal period
Pustular skin conditions - DermNet What are pustules? Pustules are smaller than 5–10 mm, and filled with pus, that is, purulent material composed of inflammatory cells (neutrophils) Pus can indicate bacterial, fungal or viral infection Some pustules are sterile and are due to inflammatory skin disease This topic provides a differential diagnosis of pustular skin conditions Acute mainly pustular generalised eruptions Acute
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