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Skin Blisters
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Skin Blisters
A blister is a small fluid-filled pocket or bump that looks like a bubble on the skin. Blisters largely occur in response to friction (rubbing) or pressure.
Symptom classification
Body areaSkin
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
44- Anthrax
- Bejel
- Bullous Pemphigoid
- Cicatricial Pemphigoid
- Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
- Contact Dermatitis
- Dermatitis
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Dracunculiasis
- Ebola Virus Infections
- Ecthyma
- Erythema Multiforme
- Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
- Exfoliative Dermatitis
- Foot Dermatitis
- Frostbite
- Genital Warts
- Glucagonoma
- Hand Dermatitis
- Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria
- Herpangina
- Herpes Gestationis
- Herpes Labialis
- Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
- Herpes Zoster
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV AIDS)
- Impetigo
- Lichen Sclerosus
- Linear Immunoglobulin A Disease
- Mite Bites
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Nappy Rash
- Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
- Pemphigus Foliaceous
- Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Radiation Sickness
- Rickettsialpox
- Scabies
- Smallpox
- Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
- Stevens Johnson Syndrome
- Tinea Pedis
- Variegate Porphyria
- Yaws