How old is ichthyosis

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My aunt's thighs are very dry in winter. Like fish scales, it's not so bad in summer, but it's a little ugly in winter. The hospital said that there was ichthyosis, and after treatment, it's improved a lot. Now let's share how old was ichthyosis.

How old is ichthyosis

Symptom 1: the disease is distributed symmetrically on the extension side of limbs and trunk, especially on the extension side of elbow and knee. Flexion side can also appear, the back of the hand often has hair follicle keratin damage, accompanied by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis. General face, scalp, cubital fossa, armpit, parotid fossa, vulva, and buttock fissure are often not invaded. It is more severe in winter and less severe in summer. Patients often have ectopic constitution, such as hay fever and asthma.

Symptom 2: epidermolysis hyperkeratosis ichthyosis, also known as bullous ichthyosis like erythroderma, is rare in clinic. At birth or a few hours after birth, there are generalized erythema and scales. After the scales fall off, there are red skin all over the body, widely distributed bullae, and there is no scar after the blisters are healed. With the increase of age, blisters and red skin gradually reduced and subsided, manifesting as verrucous hyperkeratosis, especially in elbow fossa, armpit, groin and other flexion and intertrochanteric parts.

Symptom 3: autosomal dominant ichthyosis vulgaris. This type is a common mild ichthyosis. If one or both parents suffer from ichthyosis, there are often patients at home, but there is no gender difference. It often occurs in childhood, and the symptoms are relieved or disappeared in adulthood. The skin lesions were different in severity. The mild cases were only dry in winter, without obvious scales, and there were powdery debris after scratching. In common cases, besides dry skin, gray brown or dark brown rhombic or polygonal scales can be seen, with central fixation and free edge.

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For this disease: ichthyosis is a certain hereditary skin disease. In severe cases, the disease can occur all over the body, mainly manifested as dry skin, usually with grayish brown and deep markings. And the skin is prone to itching, redness and swelling. Bring immeasurable influence to people's appearance.