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Skin

129 diseases · 22 high-burden in India

Acanthosis nigricans

Acanthosis nigricans is a cutaneous finding characterized by brown-to-black, velvety…

Acne

Acne, also known as acne vulgaris, is a long-term skin condition that occurs when dead…

Albinism

Albinism is the congenital absence of pigmentation in an animal or plant resulting in…

Arsenicosis (skin)

Arsenic poisoning is a medical condition that occurs due to elevated levels of arsenic in…

Boils (furuncles)

A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, which is an infection of the hair…

Cellulitis

Cellulitis is usually a bacterial infection involving the inner layers of the skin. It…

Cutaneous larva migrans

Cutaneous larva migrans is a skin disease in humans, caused by the larvae of various…

Dermatosis papulosa nigra

Dermatosis papulosa nigra (DPN) is a condition of many small, benign skin lesions…

Donovanosis

Granuloma inguinale is a bacterial disease caused by Klebsiella granulomatis…

Fungal skin infection

Dermatophytosis, also known as tinea and ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin,…

Impetigo

Impetigo is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the superficial skin. The most…

Keloid

Keloid, also known as keloid disorder and keloidal scar, is the formation of a type of…

Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacterium…

Madura foot (mycetoma)

Mycetoma is a chronic infection in the skin caused by either bacteria (actinomycetoma) or…

Melasma

Melasma is a common skin disorder characterized by tan, brown, or grayish hyperpigmented…

Mongolian spot

A Mongolian spot, also known as a slate grey nevus or congenital dermal melanocytosis, is…

Pemphigus vulgaris

Pemphigus vulgaris is a rare chronic blistering skin disease and the most common form of…

Prickly heat (miliaria)

Miliaria, commonly known as heat rash, sweat rash, or prickly heat, is a skin disease…

Scabies

Scabies is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes…

Stevens–Johnson syndrome

Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a type of severe skin reaction. Together with toxic…

Tinea versicolor

Tinea versicolor is a condition characterized by a skin eruption on the trunk and…

Vitiligo

Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or…

Acne keloidalis nuchae

Acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN), is a destructive scarring folliculitis that occurs most…

Acrodermatitis enteropathica

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting the…

Actinic keratosis

Actinic keratosis (AK), sometimes called solar keratosis or senile keratosis, is a…

Alopecia areata

Alopecia areata (AA), also known as spot baldness, is a condition in which hair is lost…

Angiokeratoma

Angiokeratoma is a benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of…

Ashy dermatosis

Erythema dyschromicum perstans is an uncommon skin condition with peak age of onset being…

Athlete's foot

Athlete's foot, known medically as tinea pedis, is a common skin infection of the feet…

Basal cell carcinoma

Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma, or rodent ulcer,…

Becker's nevus

Becker's nevus is a benign skin disorder predominantly affecting males. The nevus can be…

Bloom syndrome

Bloom syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by short…

Bowen's disease

Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (cSCC), also known as squamous-cell carcinoma of the…

Bullous pemphigoid

Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune pruritic skin disease that typically occurs in people…

Cockayne syndrome

Cockayne syndrome (CS), also called Neill-Dingwall syndrome, is a rare and fatal…

Contact dermatitis

Contact dermatitis is a type of acute or chronic inflammation of the skin caused by…

Cutaneous horn

Cutaneous horns, also known by the Latin name cornu cutaneum, are unusual keratinous skin…

Cutis laxa

Cutis laxa or pachydermatocele is a group of rare connective tissue disorders in which…

Darier's disease

Darier's disease is a rare, genetic skin disorder. It is an autosomal dominant disorder,…

Dermatitis herpetiformis

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a chronic autoimmune blistering skin condition,…

Dermatofibroma

A dermatofibroma, or benign fibrous histiocytomas, is a benign nodule in the skin,…

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare locally aggressive malignant cutaneous…

Discoid lupus erythematosus

Discoid lupus erythematosus is the most common type of chronic cutaneous lupus (CCLE), an…

Dysplastic nevus

A dysplastic nevus or atypical mole is a nevus (mole) whose appearance is different from…

Eccrine poroma

Poromas are rare, benign, cutaneous adnexal tumors. Cutaneous adnexal tumors are a group…

Ectodermal dysplasia

Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) refers to a group of genetic disorders characterized by the…

Eczema

Dermatitis is a term used for different types of skin inflammation, typically…

Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of 13 genetic connective tissue disorders.…

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a skin condition characterised by warty skin…

Epidermoid cyst

An epidermoid cyst or epidermal inclusion cyst is a benign cyst usually found on the…

Epidermolysis bullosa

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of rare medical conditions that result in easy…

Erysipelas

Erysipelas is a relatively common bacterial infection of the superficial layer of the…

Erythema multiforme

Erythema multiforme (EM) is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin condition associated…

Erythema nodosum

Erythema nodosum (EN) is an inflammatory condition characterized by inflammation of…

Erythrasma

Erythrasma is a superficial skin infection that causes brown, scaly skin patches. It is…

Erythroderma

Erythroderma is an inflammatory skin disease with redness and scaling that affects nearly…

Focal dermal hypoplasia

Focal dermal hypoplasia is a form of ectodermal dysplasia. It is a multisystem disorder…

Glomus tumour

A glomus tumor is a rare neoplasm arising from the glomus body and mainly found under the…

Granuloma annulare

Granuloma annulare (GA) is a rare, sometimes chronic skin condition which presents as…

Granuloma faciale

Granuloma faciale is an uncommon benign chronic skin disease of unknown origin…

Hailey–Hailey disease

Hailey–Hailey disease (HHD), or familial benign chronic pemphigus or familial benign…

Hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infection caused by a group of…

Harlequin ichthyosis

Harlequin-type ichthyosis is a genetic disorder that results in thickened skin over…

Hidradenitis suppurativa

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), sometimes known as acne inversa or Verneuil's disease, is…

Hives (urticaria)

Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red or flesh-colored, raised,…

Hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person exhibits excessive sweating, more…

Ichthyosis

Ichthyosis is a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly…

Incontinentia pigmenti

Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant genetic disorder that affects the…

Kaposi sarcoma

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a type of cancer that can form masses on the skin, in lymph…

Keratitis–ichthyosis–deafness syndrome

Keratitis–ichthyosis–deafness syndrome, also known as ichthyosiform erythroderma, corneal…

Keratoacanthoma

Keratoacanthoma (KA) is a common low-grade rapidly-growing skin tumour that is believed…

Keratosis pilaris

Keratosis pilaris is a common, autosomal-dominant, genetic condition of the skin's hair…

Lentigo

A lentigo is a small pigmented spot on the skin with a clearly defined edge, surrounded…

Lentigo maligna

Lentigo maligna is where melanocyte cells have become malignant and grow continuously…

Lichen nitidus

Lichen nitidus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause characterized by 1–2…

Lichen planus

Lichen planus (LP) is a chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease that affects the…

Lichen simplex chronicus

Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC) is thick leathery skin with exaggerated skin markings…

Lichen striatus

Lichen striatus is a rare skin condition that is seen primarily in children, most…

Lipodermatosclerosis

Lipodermatosclerosis is a skin and connective tissue disease. It is a form of lower…

Lipoma

A lipoma is a benign tumor made of fat tissue. They are generally soft to the touch,…

Merkel cell carcinoma

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive skin cancer occurring in about three…

Molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum (MC), sometimes called water warts, is a viral infection of the…

MRSA skin infection

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a group of Staphylococcus aureus…

Mucous membrane pemphigoid

Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a rare chronic autoimmune subepithelial blistering disease…

Mycosis fungoides

Mycosis fungoides, also known as Alibert-Bazin syndrome or granuloma fungoides, is the…

Nail fungus

Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium, is a fungal infection of the nail. Symptoms…

Necrobiosis lipoidica

Necrobiosis Lipoidica is a rare, chronic skin condition predominantly associated with…

Necrotising fasciitis

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria,…

Netherton syndrome

Netherton syndrome is a severe, autosomal recessive genetic disorder associated with…

Nevus sebaceus

Nevus sebaceus or sebaceous nevus is a congenital, hairless plaque that typically occurs…

Nummular dermatitis

Nummular dermatitis is one of the many forms of dermatitis. It is characterized by round…

Pachyonychia congenita

Pachyonychia congenita is a rare group of autosomal dominant skin disorders that are…

Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome

Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome (PLS), also known as palmoplantar keratoderma with…

Pemphigus foliaceus

Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin. It causes a…

Perioral dermatitis

Perioral dermatitis, also known as periorificial dermatitis, is a common type of…

Pilomatricoma

Pilomatricoma is a benign skin tumor derived from the hair matrix. These neoplasms are…

Pityriasis lichenoides

Pityriasis lichenoides represents a distinct subset of inflammatory skin disorders that…

Pityriasis rosea

Pityriasis rosea is a type of skin rash. Classically, it begins with a single red and…

Pityriasis rubra pilaris

Pityriasis rubra pilaris refers to a group of chronic disorders characterized by reddish…

Porokeratosis

Porokeratosis is a specific disorder of keratinization that is characterized…

Pressure ulcer (bedsore)

Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure sores, bed sores or pressure injuries, are…

Pretibial myxedema

Pretibial myxedema is an infiltrative dermopathy, resulting as a rare complication of…

Progeria

Progeria is a type of progeroid syndrome. A single gene mutation is responsible for…

Prurigo nodularis

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by intense…

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a genetic disease that causes mineralization of elastic…

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a long-lasting, noncontagious autoimmune disease characterized by patches of…

Pyoderma gangrenosum

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, inflammatory skin disease where painful pustules or…

Pyogenic granuloma

A pyogenic granuloma or lobular capillary hemangioma is a vascular tumor that occurs on…

Restrictive dermopathy

Restrictive dermopathy (RD) is a rare, lethal autosomal recessive skin condition…

Rosacea

Rosacea is a long-term skin condition that typically affects the face. It results in…

Sebaceous cyst

A sebaceous cyst is a term commonly used to refer to either:Epidermoid cysts Pilar cysts

Sebaceous hyperplasia

Sebaceous hyperplasia is a disorder of the sebaceous glands in which they become…

Seborrhoeic dermatitis

Seborrhoeic dermatitis is a long-term skin disorder. Symptoms include flaky, scaly,…

Shingles

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster or zona, is a viral disease characterized by a…

Skin cancer (melanoma)

Melanoma is a type of cancer, typically skin cancer; it develops from the…

Skin tags

A skin tag, or acrochordon, is a small benign tumor that forms primarily in areas where…

Spitz nevus

A Spitz nevus is a benign skin lesion. A type of melanocytic nevus, it affects the…

Sporotrichosis

Sporotrichosis, also known as rose handler's disease, is a fungal infection that may be…

Squamous cell skin cancer

Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (cSCC), also known as squamous-cell carcinoma of the…

Stasis dermatitis

Stasis dermatitis refers to the skin changes that occur in the leg as a result of…

Sweet's syndrome

Sweet syndrome (SS), or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a skin disease…

Syringoma

Syringomas are benign eccrine sweat duct tumors, typically found clustered on eyelids,…

Trichilemmal cyst

A trichilemmal cyst is a common cyst that forms from a hair follicle, most often on the…

Trichoepithelioma

Trichoepithelioma is a neoplasm of the adnexa of the skin. Its appearance is similar to…

Urbach–Wiethe disease

Urbach–Wiethe disease is a very rare recessive genetic disorder, with approximately 400…

Urticaria pigmentosa

Urticaria pigmentosa is the most common form of cutaneous mastocytosis.

Warts

Warts are non-cancerous viral growths usually occurring on the hands and feet but which…

Werner syndrome

Werner syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is characterized by the…

Xeroderma pigmentosum

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a genetic disorder in which there is a decreased ability to…

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