Open Access Journals On Ichthyosis Vulgaris
Ichthyosis vulgaris may be a skin disease causing dry, scaly skin. It is the foremost common sort of ichthyosis, 486 affecting around 1 in 250 people. For this reason it is known as common ichthyosis. It is usually an autosomal dominant genetic disease (often related to flagging), although a rare non-heritable version called acquired ichthyosis exists.The symptoms of the inherited sort of ichthyosis vulgaris are not usually present at birth but generally develop between 3 months and 5 years aged. The symptoms will often improve with age, although they'll grow more severe again in adulthood. The condition is not life-threatening; the impact on the patient, if it is a mild case, is generally restricted to mild itching and the social impact of having skin with an unusual appearance. People with mild cases have symptoms that include scaly patches on the shins, fine white scales on the forearms and upper arms, and rough palms. People with the mildest cases have no symptoms other than faint, tell-tale "mosaic lines" between the Achilles tendons and the calf muscles.Mild presentation of ichthyosis vulgaris: faint, mosaic lines are visible on the calf. Severe cases, although rare, do exist. Severe cases entail the buildup of scales everywhere, with areas of the body that have a degree of sweat glands being least affected.
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