How is lamellar ichthyosis caused?

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There was a roommate in our university dormitory who suffered from ichthyosis. At the beginning, we didn't know about it. Because his ichthyosis was on his legs, she didn't wear shorts and skirts in summer. No matter how hot it was, he covered himself up very tightly. Later, we learned that he had ichthyosis and had it on both legs, How is lamellar ichthyosis caused? Now let me tell you something.

How is lamellar ichthyosis caused?

Ichthyosis is a very common skin disease in clinic. This disease is common in children, and is common in human limbs or trunk. Dry climate will aggravate the disease, so in some cold and dry seasons, the disease will aggravate, on the contrary, in warm and humid seasons, the disease can be reduced.

The etiology of ichthyosis is also more. In general, for the common type of ichthyosis, it is mainly caused by chromosome dominant inheritance, so the disease actually has certain heredity. If there is ichthyosis in the immediate family members, then his offspring may also suffer from this disease.

At present, the treatment of ichthyosis is mainly symptomatic treatment, the use of some topical ointment, for some patients with more serious illness, can also be treated with topical drugs and oral drugs, generally are oral some vitamin A or some retinoic acid drugs.

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Ichthyosis, like other skin diseases, is a relatively difficult skin disease to cure, but I hope that patients with ichthyosis do not lose confidence, as long as you maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, and treat in strict accordance with the doctor's advice, you can control the development of the disease and relieve symptoms to a certain extent.