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What (who) is Ichthyosis - definition

SKIN DISEASE IN WHICH DRY, SCALY SKIN ACCUMULATES

Ichtyosis; Icthyosis; Congenital ichthyosis; Ichthyoses; Ichythyosis; Follicular ichthyosis; Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis; Ichthyosiform dermatosis

ichthyosis

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¦ noun Medicine a congenital skin condition which causes the epidermis to become dry and horny like fish scales.

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ichthyotic adjective

Ichthyosis

·noun A disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly;

- called also fishskin.

Ichthyosis

Ichthyosis is a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin. The more than 20 types of ichthyosis range in severity of symptoms, outward appearance, underlying genetic cause and mode of inheritance (e.

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Ichthyosis

Ichthyosis is a family of genetic skin disorders characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin. The more than 20 types of ichthyosis range in severity of symptoms, outward appearance, underlying genetic cause and mode of inheritance (e.g., dominant, recessive, autosomal or X-linked). Ichthyosis comes from the Greek ἰχθύς ichthys, literally "fish", since dry, scaly skin is the defining feature of all forms of ichthyosis.

The severity of symptoms can vary enormously, from the mildest, most common, types such as ichthyosis vulgaris, which may be mistaken for normal dry skin, up to life-threatening conditions such as harlequin-type ichthyosis. Ichthyosis vulgaris accounts for more than 95% of cases.

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Examples of use of Ichthyosis

1. Mrs Muir, 37, said: ‘I am just doing what any normal mother would do to make life a little easier for their child.‘ Shortly after Sarah was born she was diagnosed with KID, or keratitis–ichthyosis–deafness syndrome, of which there are less than 20 known cases in the world.

2. Margaret Cox, the chief executive of the National Eczema Society, described the news as "a real step forward". She said it would allow clinicians to "tackle the cause rather than simply treat the symptoms of a previously ‘incurable‘ skin condition". Prof McLean‘s team studied four groups of people: 52 Irish children with eczema; 604 Scottish children with asthma; 372 Danish children whose mothers have asthma, and 15 families with a condition called ichthyosis vulgaris, which causes flaky and scaly skin.