Category Archives: Skin Conditions

Eczema is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis that affects 20 percent of the population in industrialised nations, and usually manifests in early childhood. Known also as atopic dermatitis, there is evidence to show that it may give rise to conditions including asthma, food allergy and allergic rhinitis. The precise origins of eczema are not fully understood,...

As an albino ginger the thought of summer sends an electrifying chill down my spine. Unfortunately, a daily coating of sunburn has never, nor will it ever, be a pleasant experience. For my father, a native ginger like me, the daily grind of sunburn has meant regular checks at the skin specialist and countless biopsies...

Recent evidence suggests that in rosacea inflammation is associated with the production of reactive oxygen species by inflammatory cells such as neutrophils (Tisma, Basta-Juzbasic, Jaganjac, Brcic, Dobric, Lipozencic, Tatzber, Zarkovic & Poljak-Blazi, 2009). Reactive oxygen species (ROS) themselves do not necessarily have to lead to development of pathological processes; however, in the presence of transition metals,...

Actinic keratoses is represented by scaly papules which occur on exposed skin of older, fairer-skinned, persons resulting from chronic overexposure to ultraviolet light from the sun. Actinic keratoses are mostly found on sites repeatedly exposed to the sun especially the backs of the hands and the face, most often affecting the nose, cheeks, upper lip,...