Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The symptoms of DRESS syndrome usually begin 2 to 6 weeks but uncommonly up to 8–16 weeks after exposure to an offending drug. Symptoms generally include fever, an often itchy rash which may be morbilliform or consist mainly of macules or plaques, facial edema (i.e. swelling, which is a hallmark of the disease), enlarged and sometimes painful lymph nodes, and other symptoms due to ...
Drug eruptions are diagnosed mainly from the medical history and clinical examination. However, they can mimic various other conditions, thus delaying diagnosis (for example, in drug-induced lupus erythematosus, or the acne-like rash caused by erlotinib). A skin biopsy, blood tests or immunological tests can also be useful.
Stevens–Johnson syndrome ( SJS) is a type of severe skin reaction. [ 1] Together with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens–Johnson/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) overlap, they are considered febrile mucocutaneous drug reactions and probably part of the same spectrum of disease, with SJS being less severe. [ 1][ 5][ 3] Erythema ...
782.1 Rash, nonvesicular, unspec. 782.2 Localized swelling/mass, superficial; 782.3 Edema, localized, NOS; 782.4 Jaundice; 782.5 Cyanosis; 782.7 Petechiae; 782.8 Change in skin texture; 782.9 Other symptoms involving skin; 783 Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism and development. 783.0 Anorexia. Loss of appetite; 783.1 Abnormal weight gain ...
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis ( AGEP) (also known as pustular drug eruption and toxic pustuloderma) is a rare skin reaction that in 90% of cases is related to medication. AGEP is characterized by sudden skin eruptions that appear on average five days after a medication is started.
Depending on the causing agent, symptoms may start out acutely, go away when the drug is stopped, or develop into a chronic pruritus that lasts longer than six weeks. Causes. A common anti-malarial medication called chloroquine may cause pruritus for unknown reasons.
Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red, raised, itchy bumps. [ 1] Hives may burn or sting. [ 2] The patches of rash may appear on different body parts, [ 2] with variable duration from minutes to days, and does not leave any long-lasting skin change. [ 2] Fewer than 5% of cases last for more than six weeks (a condition ...
682.7 Cellulitis / abscess, foot. 682.9 Cellulitis / abscess, unspec. 683 Lymphadenitis, acute. 684 Impetigo. 685 Pilonidal cyst. 685.0 Pilonidal cyst w/ abscess. 685.1 Pilonidal cyst, unspec. 686 Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue. 686.0 Pyoderma.