Medical News Today: Ichthyosis vulgaris: Pictures, diagnosis, and treatment
Ichthyosis vulgaris is a condition affecting skin that causes dryness and a scaly appearance. Learn to recognize ichthyosis vulgaris and how to treat it. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Skin disease caused by sperm cell transmission of keratin mutation
(Nagoya University) Nagoya University research identified a patient with the whole-body skin disease epidermolytic ichthyosis that had been inherited as a germline mutation from her father with the milder epidermolytic nevus. Analysis of genomic DNA from the patient revealed a mutation in the keratin 10 gene, which was identical to that observed in cells taken from patches of thickened skin on the father's body. Assessing transmission risk of such diseases allows affected couples to receive genetic counseling. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Tennessee girl with lamellar ichthyosis sheds like a snake
Hanna Barrott, from Ooltewah in Tennessee, has lamellar ichthyosis - a genetic skin disorder that makes the skin cells rapidly generate and shed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists find genetic clues to 'fish scale' disease
Scientists have discovered another gene mutation behind certain cases of ichthyosis -- a group of rare disorders that cause dry scales to form on the skin. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists Spot Genetic Clues to Disfiguring'Fish Scale' Disease
THURSDAY, June 1, 2017 -- Scientists have discovered another gene mutation behind certain cases of ichthyosis -- a group of rare disorders that cause dry scales to form on the skin.
The term ichthyosis is derived from the Greek word for " fish, " and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Filipino man with ichthyosis forced to hideaway
Antonio Reloj (pictured), who lives in a modest home in the Aklan province, Philippines, was born with a severe form of ichthyosis, which causes his skin to harden, crack and appear burned. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Something Fishy: 8 Ichthyosis Questions
Disfiguring skin signs were seen in all 3 children, but not their parents. Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of the “fish scale disease.” (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - April 20, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Leo Robert Tags: Quiz Skin Diseases Source Type: news
Indian girl's body is covered in lizard-like scales
Known only as Shama, doctors in New Delhi say she has lamellar ichthyosis - a rare skin condition that affects just one in every 600,000 people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Unraveling the mechanism of skin barrier formation
Scientists have identified the gene responsible for generating acylceramide, the key lipid in forming the skin barrier that protects us from pathogens, allergens and other harmful substances. This finding could prove crucial in developing medicines for treating atopic dermatitis and ichthyosis. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 14, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Unraveling the mechanism of skin barrier formation
(Hokkaido University) Scientists have identified the gene responsible for generating acylceramide, the key lipid in forming the skin barrier that protects us from pathogens, allergens and other harmful substances. This finding could prove crucial in developing medicines for treating atopic dermatitis and ichthyosis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 13, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Coverntry woman is oldest with rare skin condition
Nusrit Shaheen, from Coventry, Warwickshire, suffers from an incredibly rare condition, Harlequin Ichthyosis, which causes skin to grow at 10 times the normal rate. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists zero in on cause of rare, disfiguring skin disorder
HealthDay News Ichthyosis leaves those affected with red, scaly skin. Now, scientists say they may have pinpointed both the cause of the disease and a potential treatment. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists Zero in On Cause of Rare, Disfiguring Skin Disorder
Ichthyosis is a genetic condition that leaves people with red, scaly skin
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Page: Skin Conditions (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - September 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists Zero In on Cause of Rare, Disfiguring Skin Disorder
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2016 -- The rare genetic skin condition ichthyosis leaves those affected with red, scaly skin. Now, scientists say they may have pinpointed both the cause of the disease and a potential treatment. " These patients are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Research finally reveals reason for perplexing red skin disease
There aren ' t any effective treatments for the disease with the hard-to-pronounce-name, ichthyosis. The rare and perplexing genetic disease causes skin to be disfigured by redness and dark scales across one ' s entire body. Now, for the first time, new research has found the reason that the disease causes the red skin and has a promising biologic drug to begin testing soon in clinical trials. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
