Peeling and dry skin - Causes, symptoms and treatment. MF.

Symptoms similar to dry skin:

• Winter dry skin • Xeroderma • Dry skin

Dry skin , medically known as dry skin or xeroderma, is usually caused by environmental factors, although dry skin can also lead to some of the most common skin diseases. Hereditary skin disease, known as ichthyosis, although very rare, can also cause scaling and dry skin. Even systemic conditions( conditions that affect the entire body) can lead to dry skin. One example is hypothyroidism, which reduces the activity of glands producing skin excreta. Some medicines, including retinoids for the skin, as well as some antihistamines and diuretics, can cause dry skin as a side effect.

Dry skin can be associated with symptoms, including peeling, itching, lethargy, redness, pain, and cracks in the skin.

Dry skin is treated with moisturizing creams and lotions. If inflammatory conditions of the skin are associated with dry skin, treatment is directed to the underlying disease.

Diseases in which dry skin is observed

• Atopic dermatitis
• Dandruff( seborrhea)
• Dehydration
• Diabetes
• Eczema
• Hypothyroidism( especially when hypothyroidism flakes the skin on the elbows)
• Hairgrass, hair keratosis
• Psoriasis
• Sunburn( sun poisoning)

Possible causes of dry skin

• Aging
• Bathing in hot water
• Contact dermatitis
• Frequent washing
• Severe scrubber skin
• Severe soap and personal hygiene
• Large chlorinated pools and hot tubs
• Ichthyosis vulgaris
• Low humidity
• Malnutrition
• Medicines Side effects
• Neurodermatitis( Simplex Chronicus)
• Vitamin A deficiency
• Weather and seasonal factors( the skin is usually dry in winter conditions)

Skin peeling is an excess of dead cells of the epidermis, which arise as a result of disturbance of the processes of keratinization and rejection.

Skin peeling is observed in the following diseases:

• Diarrhea from prune to lamellar
• Dry cracked erythema( erythema craquele)
• Ichthyosis is dominant( scales in the form of a quadrangle)( hereditary disease, manifests by scaling and dry skin)
• Ichthyosis X-quadrilateral)
• Lupus erythematosus( scales in the form of clerical buttons)( systemic disease, ie not only cutaneous manifestations, but also damage to internal organs)
• Pink lichen( scales in formscollagen)
• Psoriasis( silvery scaling)
• Scarlet fever( small neck)( contagious disease)
• Seborrheic dermatitis
• Syphilis( secondary)
• Fungal infections( dermatophyte)
• Odruiferous( = multi-colored fungal disease)
• Conjunctival( dryness)skin)
• Scarlet fever( brushes and feet)( infectious disease)

To which doctor to consult for dryness and peeling of skin:

• dermatologist
• allergist( for allergic diseases)
• surgeon( with purulent processх.напр.carbuncle, furuncle, etc., especially with multiple elements or large ones)
• infectious diseases( for infectious diseases)
• neurologist( with herpes zoster, because the nervous system is involved)
• oncologist( with neoplasm)