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Skin changes - there are many of them. They differ in origin and appearance. They also differ in terms of names. So how do you recognize the following skin eruptions: spot, papule, pustule, vesicle, bladder, scab, scale, bumps and nodules?
Skin eruptionisskin lesionsof the same type.
Stain
A stain is an eruption lying on the level of the skin, different in color from the surrounding area and clearly demarcated. It is most often erythematous, red or pink. The spots are most often observed with rashes on the background of viral infections. May be discolored in freckles or discolored in vitiligo.
Grudka
The papule is a lofty efflorescence in relation to the environment, with increased cohesiveness. The surface of the raised epidermis may be flat, raised or domed. May be a consequence of thickening of the epidermis and / or dermis.
Krosta
A pustule is a large lesion of various sizes, containing purulent content. It is most often of the vesicular type, as in acne or folliculitis. It can arise without connection to the hair follicles (smallpox).
bubble
The vesicle is a tall, transparent efflorescence, 1 to 3 mm in diameter, filled with a pale liquid. It occurs in eczema, shingles, herpes.
Bladder
The bladder is larger than the bubble, larger than 3 mm in diameter and several centimeters in diameter. Its content is light or bloody.
Strup
The scab is a secondary eruption with drying serous, bloody or purulent contents.
husk
The scale is the part of the epidermis that peels off the surface and is made of a thickened stratum corneum. It can be of different sizes. Delicate scales are found in eczema, thick scales in psoriasis. There are lobed scales in ichthyosis.
Tumors
Tumors are eruptions raised above the skin surface, originating from the subcutaneous tissue, disintegrating or healing and leaving scars.
Lumps
Lumps are raised lumps above the skin surface, with increased cohesiveness, disintegrating or receding and leaving scars.