Generally, people think that dermatosis is a disease that occurs on the surface of skin, but it is not. Scientifically speaking, dermatosis is a general term for diseases that occur on skin and skin accessory organs. The skin is the largest organ of the human body, because the skin occupies the largest area of the body, so if you are not careful, there will be various skin diseases harassing people.
There are many kinds of skin diseases, and many diseases of internal organs can also be manifested on the skin. The causes of skin diseases are complicated. bacterial skin infection and others are often contagious, which not only affects people's health, but also causes panic and social discrimination. With the improvement of people's living standards and the progress of science and technology, infectious skin diseases such as leprosy have been obviously controlled all over the world. Moreover, other internal and external factors that cause skin diseases, such as biology, endocrinology and immunity, are attracting more and more attention.
After many people get skin diseases, sometimes because those skin diseases are too similar, patients can't tell clearly, and indiscriminate use of drugs will make the disease more serious. What are the classifications of skin diseases?
Viral skin diseases: for example, herpes simplex, herpes zoster and warts are common, and there are many types of warts, such as common warts, plantar warts, contagious soft warts, condyloma acuminatum, chickenpox, rubella and hand-foot-mouth disease.
2. Bacterial dermatosis: Because it is a bacterial infection, we must pay more attention to it in daily life. Common bacterial skin diseases include pustulosis, folliculitis, furuncle, carbuncle, cellulitis, erysipelas and leprosy.
3. Fungal dermatoses: generally due to fungal infections, such as tinea capitis, tinea corporis and tinea cruris, tinea manus and pedis, onychomycosis and pityriasis versicolor.
4. Dermatosis caused by animals: Sometimes it is due to excessive contact with animals, or people who are allergic to animals are prone to infection, such as scabies, mite dermatitis, paederus dermatitis, lice, insect bites or bites.
5. Sexually transmitted diseases: such as syphilis, gonorrhea and condyloma acuminatum.
6. Allergy and autoimmune dermatosis: If the human body's immunity is too low, this type of dermatosis will easily occur, such as contact dermatitis, eczema and urticaria. Allergic cutaneous vasculitis, drug dermatitis, anaphylactic shock, etc.
7. Physical dermatosis: It has a great relationship with people's daily living environment, such as sunlight with strong ultraviolet rays, cold, etc. The common ones are solar dermatosis, summer dermatitis, miliaria, chilblain, corns, chapped hands and feet and pressure sores.
8. Neurofunctional dermatosis: This type of dermatosis is stubborn, because it involves nerves, so it is also difficult to treat, including pruritus, neurodermatitis and parasitic paranoia.
There are many kinds of skin diseases. If you are not careful, you will make a mistake, so you must go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment.