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  • FAQ about Necrobiosis lipoidica

    Necrobiosis lipoidica is an uncommon inflammatory skin condition that most often affects the lower legs, especially the shins. It can be confusing because it may look like a rash, a scar, or another type…

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  • Prevention of Necrobiosis lipoidica

    Necrobiosis lipoidica is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that most often affects the shins and is strongly associated with diabetes, although it can also occur without diabetes. The disorder is not usually considered fully…

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  • Diagnosis of Necrobiosis lipoidica

    Necrobiosis lipoidica is usually identified through a combination of clinical examination and, when needed, tissue analysis. It is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder in which degeneration of collagen in the dermis is accompanied by…

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  • Treatment for Necrobiosis lipoidica

    What treatments are used for Necrobiosis lipoidica? Management usually combines topical or intralesional anti-inflammatory medications, measures to protect the skin, treatment of associated metabolic disease such as diabetes when present, and in selected cases…

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  • Causes of Necrobiosis lipoidica

    What causes Necrobiosis lipoidica? The condition is thought to arise from a combination of abnormal blood vessel function, immune-mediated inflammation, and changes in connective tissue metabolism, with diabetes being the strongest associated disease. In…

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  • Symptoms of Necrobiosis lipoidica

    Necrobiosis lipoidica is a chronic inflammatory skin condition whose symptoms usually begin as small, slowly enlarging patches on the lower legs, most often on the shins. The typical symptoms include yellow-brown or reddish plaques,…

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  • Causes of Prurigo nodularis

    Prurigo nodularis develops when persistent itching, repeated scratching, and abnormal skin and nerve signaling reinforce one another over time. It is not caused by a single event in most people. Instead, the condition arises…

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