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Beautiful and healthy skin is not only due to genes and proper nutrition. It is also proof of the health of the whole organism. Many diseases, especially of the digestive system, may only have a cutaneous manifestation in the initial stages. A careful observation of your body and an understanding of your dermal and intestinal relationships may indicate abnormalities in your body.
The most common skin problems
Objawy mogą być różnorodne, począwszy od najpowszechniej występującego świądu skóry, poprzez żółtaczkę do teleangiektazji w marskości wątroby. Dlatego wnikliwie obserwując swoje ciało możesz szybko zdiagnozować te nieprawidłowości. Najczęstsze z nich to:
— suchość, bladość skóry, spojówek i błon śluzowych, kruchość paznokci, łamliwość włosów oraz the seizures are indicative of malabsorption, especially iron deficiency anemia.
– rosacea (pustular and papular changes) may be the result of gastric acid acidity or the presence of demodicosis.
– itching of the skin is a symptom of many diseases. In the beginning, it usually affects the hands and feet, as well as pressure points, and is more intense at night. Prejudices (scratching skin lesions) indicate itching in the course of prolonged cholestasis (cholestasis) or severe biliary obstruction. Less commonly, itching is a symptom of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and iron deficiency. The presence of clusters of severely itchy vesicles, papules, and eruptions, resembling urticarial blisters, mainly on the elbows, knees, sacrum, buttocks and poll, may indicate celiac disease, a congenital malabsorption syndrome caused by gluten intolerance. Pruritus may also be a common symptom of mild gestational jaundice, usually most severe in the third trimester and resolving after delivery. These women are at increased risk of developing generalized pruritus and jaundice with subsequent use of oral contraception.
— yellow tufts, czyli żółtawe zmiany grudkowe umiejscowione najczęściej w okolicach powiek, rzadziej na błonach śluzowych, sygnalizują zaburzenia gospodarki lipidowej. Występują m.in. w pierwotnej marskości żółciowej wątroby i w stanach hipercholesterolemii rodzinnej.
— generalized or local discoloration of the skin are a cutaneous symptom of liver diseases. Generalized hyperpigmentation may be associated with late cutaneous porphyria, vitamin B12 and folate deficiency, pellagra, malabsorption syndrome and Whipple’s disease. The most common skin discoloration is jaundice, the main symptom of most diseases of the liver, biliary tract and many congenital and acquired disorders of bilirubin metabolism. The jaundice of the outer integuments is often patchy. It first appears on the sclera and palate, then on the trunk and finally on the limbs. A greenish tinge of the skin in jaundice suggests biliary cirrhosis, cholangitis, severe chronic hepatitis, or persistent tumor-induced gastrointestinal obstruction.
— brown or gray skin discoloration, usually appearing in places exposed to sunlight, may indicate haemochromatosis, a condition caused by excessive absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract. Congenital haemochromatosis is a genetically determined disease of the liver parenchyma, caused by excess iron accumulation as a result of excessive iron absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. Secondary overload can be caused by multiple blood transfusions or by a constant excess of iron in the food.
— characteristic brown-brown discoloration appearing in skin folds, most often in the neck, in the armpits and around the genitals, may be a symptom of dark keratosis, which usually precedes the symptoms of neoplastic disease. The most common is adenocarcinoma, which in 60 percent. the sick concern the stomach.
— blue discoloration of the nail plates, yellow-brown faceon which, as well as on the nose, forehead and chin, are numerous telangiectasia (poszerzone drobne naczynia krwionośne). Na kończynach i w innych okolicach obserwuje się ciemno- i jasnobrązowe plamy. Może również występować zielonkawe przebarwienie skóry twarzy, szyi i okolicy narządów płciowych. To objawy kliniczne choroby Wilsona, w której dochodzi do gromadzenia miedzi w komórkach wątroby, co prowadzi do przewlekłego zapalenia wątroby, włóknienia i marskości.
— dry, scaly lesions of varying severity, symmetrically covering the entire skin, including folds and folds, are symptoms of acquired ichthyosis. These types of changes also occur in malabsorption syndromes, ulcerative colitis and liver disease.
— painful ulcers surrounded by a raised, dark edge may accompany changes in the gastrointestinal tract in the course of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. Small spots appear first, which then burst and widen to form a non-infectious ulcer. There is aphthous ulceration in the mouth, inflammation of the corner of the mouth. In some cases, tender, deep, hardened red bumps appear, mainly in the lower legs and upper limbs.
— disseminated macular hyperpigmentation, most often in the upper limbs and alopecia, nail changes or their loss occur in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome. Patients develop gastrointestinal polyposis, which is responsible for abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss.
— painless, soft lumpswhich fill with blood under pressure, blue-black painful spots located on the trunk and limbs, as well as large hemangiomas may indicate a complex of numerous hemangiomas in the skin and mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract. The essence of this disease is the coexistence of hemangiomas on the skin and within the digestive system, most often in the small intestine and colon. The presence of these changes usually causes occult bleeding, tarry or bloody stools.
— hard, painless lump of red or purple color, the so-called Sister Mary Joseph’s lump may be a metastasis from a cancerous lesion located in the abdominal cavity. In 90 percent. cases, the primary neoplastic lesion is adenocarcinoma of the stomach and ovary.
— epidermal cysts appearing on the lower and upper limbs, as well as the face and scalp, may be a sign of Gardner’s syndrome. Patients develop osteomas and adenomas of the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the large intestine, small intestine and duodenum.
– small (1-3 mm) telangiectatic lumps or spots, sharply delimited, red or reddish-red appearing on the face, lips, oral and nasal mucosa, on the fingertips and toes, and on the mucosa may indicate Rendu-Osler-Weber disease, the main clinical symptom of which is chronic, recurrent hemorrhages from the stomach and duodenum.
— painful or painless lumps tending to appear first on the limbs and then spread to the trunk and buttocks, may indicate pancreatic disease. The appearance of the nodules is accompanied by a whitish exudate, and after it subsides, discoloration and scars remain.
— hyperpigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes, especially around the mouth, mucous membranes of the cheeks and gums, are hallmarks of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a disease characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the digestive tract, especially in the jejunum, as well as the stomach, duodenum, ileum and colon. Usually, patients have small brown-blue spots (1-10 mm). In addition to the above-mentioned places, hyperpigmentation may affect the hands, fingers, nose, eyelids and palate.
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