Skin color

Skin color - patchy
Definition:
Irregular or patchy discoloration of the skin can be caused by variations in pigment (melanin) density, blood vessel (vascular) changes, or growth of foreign organisms on the skin.
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What might skin color changes indicate in a newborn?
The color of a baby's skin can often help identify possible problems in another area of the body.
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- Patchy Skin Color: Overview & Considerations
- Patchy Skin Color: Common Causes
- Patchy Skin Color: Home Care & Treatment
- Call your Health Care Provider if
- What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
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Skin color and exposure to sunlight can affect the risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancer and actinic keratosis.
Risk factors for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma include the following: ...
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No matter what your skin color, certain unhealthy lifestyle habits can increase your risk of developing high blood pressure or interfere with your efforts to lower your blood pressure when it's too high.
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Newborns with naturally darker skin color will not be pink. However, pallor is still noticeable, especially in the soles and palms.
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The baby may become pale, or the skin color may change to a blue or purplish hue. Apnea occurs most commonly when the infant is asleep.
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Most people recover completely with no pain, and skin color returns to normal. Once you have had shingles, it is rare for the condition to return. Shingles come back in only about 2% of people, but in up to 20% of people with AIDS.
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Dark pigment (melanin) produced by melanocytes is one of the most important components of skin color. Other cells produce a range of other pigments, and thickness of the skin also modifies skin color, but melanin is the main factor.
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Chronic scratching or rubbing of the skin can also lighten or darken skin color.
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Melanin is the pigment that gives skin color and that helps to protect the skin from sun damage. In light-skinned people, melanomas appear most frequently on the trunk in men and on the arms or legs in women.
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Skin color, patchy
Skin breaks (open wound)
Skin around the wound feels hot and looks reddened, raised, or discolored (inflamed)
Oozing fluid ranging from yellowish clear or yellowish bloody to puslike in quality
Fever
General ill feeling ...
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SYMPTOMS"This is a loss of skin color, especially in black or dark-skinned people. When occurring in Europeans, it is less likely to be noticed. It is most commonly seen as white patches, surrounded by a dark border.
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Melanoma: Scientists Discover New Skin Color Gene
Health Highlights: July 27, 2006
Practical Information for Healthy Living
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A skin condition characterized by sharply defined white patches that contain no skin color (pigment).
vitreous humor
The jelly-like material that fills the eyeball between the lens and retina.
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If you, a family member, or a friend has swallowed or breathed in a poison and you have serious signs or symptoms (nausea, vomiting, pain, trouble breathing, seizure, confusion, or abnormal skin color), ...
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APGAR SCORE - A recording of the physical health of a newborn infant, determined after examination of the adequacy of respiration, heart action, muscle tone, skin color, and reflexes. Total numerical score is 10.
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versicolor is a common fungal skin disorder that affects up to 8 percent of the population of the United States. Caused by a yeast-type fungus named Pityrosporon orbiculare, it is more common in people between ages 15 and 24. Race and skin color do ...
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