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Skin Inflammation
Sign or symptom reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
! Seek urgent medical care if warning signs appear
A symptom can have many possible causes. Some symptoms need urgent assessment, especially when they are severe, sudden or rapidly worsening.
Get urgent medical care now if there is any severe, sudden, rapidly worsening or worrying symptom, especially:
- chest pain, pressure or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back
- trouble breathing, blue lips, severe wheeze or choking
- stroke-like symptoms such as face drooping, arm weakness or speech trouble
- collapse, fainting, seizure, confusion or extreme drowsiness
- severe bleeding, black stools, vomiting blood or major injury
- severe allergic reaction, swelling of the face/throat or widespread rash with breathing trouble
- severe abdominal pain, severe headache, stiff neck or sudden vision change
- signs of severe dehydration, sepsis, high fever with worsening illness, or symptoms in a baby/young child that concern you
Full information
Skin Inflammation
Swelling or inflammation of the skin. Inflammation is the body's response to harmful stimuli.
Symptom classification
Body areaEntire Body
Body areaSkin
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
31- Acne Vulgaris
- African Trypanosomiasis
- Candidiasis
- Contact Dermatitis
- Cystic Acne
- Dermatitis
- Dermatophytid Reaction
- Erysipelothricosis
- Erythromelalgia
- Folliculitis
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV AIDS)
- Intertrigo
- Lice
- Lichen Planus
- Lichen Simplex Chronicus
- Linear Immunoglobulin A Disease
- Mycetoma
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Nappy Rash
- Parapsoriasis
- Pityriasis Rosea
- Predominantly Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Pyoderma Gangrenosum
- Pyogenic Granuloma
- Scabies
- Stasis Dermatitis
- Stevens Johnson Syndrome
- Tinea Barbae
- Tinea Pedis
- Vitamin B6 Deficiency
- Yaws
Drugs where this is listed as a side effect
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