Hereditary skin disease symptoms

summary

Hereditary dermatosis is the transmission of abnormal or mutated genes from parents to the next generation, so that the next generation will have specific skin damage at birth or later. The number of non hereditary congenital skin diseases is very small. It is mainly caused by nutrition, virus or microorganism infection, or chemical and physical factors during the development of the fetus. Inherited skin disease symptoms? Let's talk about it

Hereditary skin disease symptoms

Freckles: it is a kind of skin damage occurring on the face, which is spot like, or sesame like brown or light brown small spots. The best part of hair is the cheek and bridge of the nose, and it can also spread to the whole face and even the neck, which is one of the most common reasons affecting the facial beauty. Most of them are acquired, and some of them are congenital. But whether congenital or acquired, they are closely related to genetic factors.

Ichthyosis: ichthyosis is commonly known as (), 70% of which is hereditary (hereditary disease). It occurs more often in children. The prone parts are on the back of limbs and trunk. The skin is dry and rough, and the edge of dandruff is slightly cocked up. It looks like snake skin, or the sweat pores are blocked by particles, and there is no sweat hair. The skin of severe cases is grayish brown scales and deep stripes. With the growth of age, it affects the whole body. The characteristics of this disease are heavy in winter and light in summer. It is a common hereditary keratosis of the skin, which is called keratosis in traditional Chinese medicine.

Albinism: the skin of albinism is milky white or pink, soft and dry due to lack of melanin. The hair becomes pale white or yellowish. Due to the lack of melanin protection, the patient's skin is highly sensitive to light, and is prone to sunburn and various photosensitive dermatitis after exposure to the sun. Cheilitis, telangiectasia, actinic keratosis and basal cell carcinoma are also common. Eye due to lack of pigment, iris pink or light blue, often photophobia, tears, and astigmatism and other symptoms. Most patients have poor physical and intellectual development.

matters needing attention

The disease can not be cured by drugs or other means, so prevention is more important. For the patients with the disease, we should avoid contact with harmful factors to prevent or reduce the occurrence of symptoms. For example, xeroderma pigmentosum patients should avoid the sun, epidermolysis bullosa should avoid friction and compression, in order to reduce the occurrence of symptoms. In addition, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis can reduce the incidence of the disease.