xerosis

What causes dry skin - or xerosis, as it's known medically?

The result is xerosis, the dermatological name for dry skin, which afflicts about a third of the population, especially older adults.

These spots are a sign of vitamin A deficiency and are associated with conjunctival xerosis.

Though dry skin, or xerosis, isn't a serious medical condition, it can be extremely uncomfortable and can have unattractive symptoms.

Common nonmalignant etiologic factors include drug reactions, xerosis, scabies, and primary skin diseases.

It can also cause xerosis.

To help you permanently scratch xerosis' troublesome itch, we're providing you with 10 great tips for moisturizing dry skin.

In vitamin A deficiency, mucus-secreting cells are replaced by keratin producing cells, leading to xerosis.

This ailment is called dry skin, winter itch eczema, "senile" pruritus (itch) and the medical term, xerosis.

American Osteopathic College of Dermatology: "Dry Skin (xerosis)."

Micaceol is a sterol with "modest" antibacterial activity against the pathogens Corynebacterium xerosis and Staphylococcus aureus.

Urea 40% is indicated for psoriasis, xerosis, onychomycosis, ichthyosis, eczema, keratosis, keratoderma, corns, and calluses.

The records from various doctors over the past 23 years are filled with mysterious-sounding medical terms: peripheral neuropathy, peripheral motor axonal polyneuropathy, xerosis and hammer toes.

The natural history of this disease begins in the first year of life, when sun sensitivity becomes apparent, and xerosis and pigmentary changes may occur in the skin.

First there is dryness of the conjunctiva (xerosis) as the normal lacrimal and mucus-secreting epithelium is replaced by a keratinized epithelium.

One series of 300 patients with Grover's disease reported an association with other coexisting dermatoses including atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, and xerosis cutis.

Dry, scaly skin (xerosis) such as that caused by atopic dermatitis (eczema) may be treated with a prescription skin lotion containing sodium hyaluronate as its active ingredient.

Wehr R, Krochmal L, Bagatell F, Ragsdale W. A controlled two-center study of lactate 12 percent lotion and a petrolatum-based creme in patients with xerosis.

There are other conditions with similar symptoms or conditions that may be associated with atopic dermatitis, such as dry skin (xerosis), ringworm, and poison ivy and other forms of contact dermatitis.

It tends to be more common in the restricting subtype of this disease, and is associated with numerous other dermatologic manifestations, such as brittle hair and nails, lanugo-like body hair, and xerosis.

Other pathogenic species in humans include: C. amicolatum, C. striatum, C. jeikeium, C. urealyticum, and C. xerosis; all of these are important as pathogens in immunosuppressed patients.

Ectodermal dysplasia with corkscrew hairs is a skin condition with salient features including exaggerated pili torti, scalp keloids, follicular plugging, keratosis pilaris, xerosis, eczema, palmoplantar keratoderma, syndactyly, onchodysplasia, and conjunctival neovascularization.

This same population is quite likely to be exposed to many of the other etiologic factors relating to pruritus ranging from nutritionally related xerosis (dry skin) to radiation desquamation, chemotherapy and biologic agent-induced side effects, antibiotic reactions, and other drug sensitivities.

Kempers S, Katz HI, Wildnauer R, Green B. An evaluation of the effect of an alpha hydroxy acid-blend skin cream in the cosmetic improvement of symptoms of moderate to severe xerosis, epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, and ichthyosis.