Erythema multiforme

Your skin is your body's largest organ. It covers and protects your body. Your skinHolds body fluids in, preventing dehydrationKeeps harmful microbes out, preventing infectionsHelps you feel things like heat, cold, and painKeeps your body temperature evenMakes vitamin D when the sun shines on itAnything that irritates, clogs, or inflames your skin can cause symptoms such as redness, swelling, burning, and itching. Allergies, irritants, your genetic makeup, and certain diseases and immune system problems can cause rashes, hives, and other skin conditions. Many skin problems, such as acne, also affect your appearance.NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Disease Alternative Name

skin conditions
cutaneous disorders
dermatology
dermatologic disorders
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Another case of hypersensitivity to combination pill of Ciprofloxacin + Tinidazole. Drug induced erythema multiforme min...See More

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As you have mentioned about prognosis: I guess you haven't mentioned anything about involvement of mucosa- oral, genital or anal, and so prognosis is good. Besides involvement is limited to distal extremities and so it should subside by 2 ...


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A 32-year-old woman presents to the emergency department for evaluation of a worsening rash that begins at her navel and...See More

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Necrotic erythema multiformis Rx tab azithromycin 250mg 1od Tab Levocetrizine5mg 1bd Tab dispred4mg 1tds Flutibact oint twice daily


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A 39-year-old woman presents with lesions on her legs that first appeared 3 weeks earlier. In the days that followed, th...See More

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Erythema multiforme is a hypersensitivity reaction usually triggered by infections, most commonly herpes simplex virus (HSV). It presents with a skin eruption characterised by a typical target lesion. There may be mucous membrane involvemen...


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Which of the following dermatological condition does not an oral manifestation 1) Lichen planus 2) Erythema multiforme 3) Pemphigus 4) None of these

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All these are associated with oral manifestation


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How to differentiate Erythema Multiforme Major (EMM) from Steven- Jonhson Syndrome (SJS) clinically? This  question is r...See More

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More severe cases of Erythema Multiforme Major (EMM) may be confused with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) or toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) in its early presentation. However skin lesions of EMM will be predominately Acral. In contrast, th...


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The following bullous dermatosis is associated with coeliac disease.... A. pemphigus vulgaris B. pemphigoid C. erythe...See More

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Dermatitis herpetiformis


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