Text/Xia Mo
Editor/Xia Mo
Preface
The skin can be said to be the largest organ of the human body, but also the first line of defense of the human body, it is composed of epithelial tissue and dermis, the surface of the skin has a tight stratum corneum, its surface is covered with weak acidic secretions, can inhibit the reproduction of bacteria, block macromolecular substances from invading the human body.
It can be seen that the skin is a natural barrier of the human body, which can effectively protect the body from external factors.
Secondly, the skin also plays a variety of important physiological roles, first of all, it can regulate the body temperature of the skin.
There are abundant capillaries under the skin of the human body, and when the outside temperature rises or falls, the capillaries of the human body will also expand and contract, and the amount of blood flowing to the skin will regulate the temperature of the skin.
When the skin is damaged, a large number of microorganisms can invade the body through the damaged area, causing infections and a range of health problems.
In addition, the skin also has sensory functions, because there are sensory nerves and motor nerves distributed inside the skin, which transmit several basic senses such as pain, touch, and itchiness to the human body by stimulating nerve endings and receptors.
If the skin is damaged or a skin disease develops, it can cause itching and pain.
This is caused by external factors that irritate the skin, which can be itchy or painful.
The skin is always responsible for the health of the human body, and in our daily life, we will suffer from a variety of factors that will cause skin problems, not only the physical trauma, but also the psychological and spiritual burden on us.
When skin diseases occur, most patients are unable to be cured even after trying various treatments, which not only incurs huge costs, but also greatly affects the body and mind.
Most skin diseases cause severe discomfort, itching and pain that can seriously affect our normal lives.
Skin diseases are a problem that each of us has had in one time or another, and even most of us are currently suffering from skin diseases, which can be cured with some ointment if the symptoms are mild, and even affect life if the skin disease is severe.
Now let's take a look at the top 10 skin diseases that are difficult to cure, especially the first one is the most serious.
The symptoms of this skin disease are complex, most of the symptoms are more serious, it is likely that most people have underlying factors in their bodies, and many people will despise it, and its severity can even be life-threatening, come and see if you have it.
Top 10 incurable skin diseases
10. Psoriasis
Psoriasis, also known as "psoriasis", is a skin disease that recurs frequently due to environmental or genetic factors.
Most patients will relapse or even aggravate the disease in the cold weather of winter, which will seriously affect the normal life of the patient, and the current treatment cannot achieve the goal of not recurring.
However, if the patient is actively treated, the symptoms will be reduced to a large extent and more serious complications will be prevented.
Psoriasis can also be divided into many types, which can occur on the skin, joints, and scalp of the human body.
The most common symptom of psoriasis is the appearance of red patches on the skin with a layer of silvery-white scales attached to its surface, accompanied by itching, swelling, and pain.
After psoriasis, the skin becomes unusually dry, cracked, and bleeding.
Psoriasis patients may suffer from physical and psychological distress for the rest of their lives, and although there are effective treatments to alleviate it, the recurrence is still unacceptable and requires continuous care.
Therefore, psoriasis is also considered to be a skin disease that is difficult to cure completely.
9. Leprosy
Leprosy is mainly a chronic infectious disease induced by infection with Mycobacterium leprae, which invades the skin and peripheral nerves of the human body, and when the human body is infected with leprosy bacilli, it will remain dormant in the body for several years.
In the early stage, symptoms such as pimples and macules will appear on the skin, most of which are distributed on the face and limbs with pale red patches, and the patient's local skin will feel like tens of thousands of ants crawling, which is unbearable.
Over time, the surface of the skin will be broken larger, some plaques will form nodules, numbness of the limbs, hair loss, ulcers will also appear one by one, and in the end, even loss of skin sensation, nerve enlargement, and in severe cases, the patient's limbs will be disabled.
Since leprosy is a chronic infectious disease, it spreads through droplets or contact and cannot heal itself if it is accidentally infected.
Moreover, the treatment is also very complex, the course of treatment is long, and the patient needs to take antibiotics for a long time.
If it can be detected early and treated aggressively, it can effectively prevent serious complications, but it cannot be completely cured.
The relatives and friends of leprosy patients are also high-risk groups for leprosy infection, so if there are leprosy patients around, they should try to avoid too much contact with them for a long time, and the patients should also actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment to prevent the aggravation of the disease.
Since leprosy is contagious, daily prevention and treatment are also crucial.
8. Vitiligo
Vitiligo is a skin disease in which white patches appear due to the destruction of melanocytes, a cell that determines the color of a person's skin and hair.
If the melanin in the body is reduced or absent, the patient's skin and face will show a lot of uneven white spots, or even white all over the body. Secondly, the patient's hair, eyebrows, and other hair all over the body will also turn white.
Vitiligo may be partly caused by genetic factors, and when there is a family history of vitiligo patients, then the probability of inheritance will be several times higher than that of normal families.
In addition to genetic factors, immune function factors and drug factors can also lead to vitiligo, such as staying up late for a long time, frequent exposure to strong sunlight, unhealthy diet, etc., which reduce the body's immune function, and in severe cases, it may induce vitiligo.
Secondly, long-term use of some light-sensitive drugs or drugs that can affect the formation of melanin can also induce vitiligo, and vitiligo is generally not completely cured.
After having vitiligo, it is a double blow to the spirit and psychology, this skin disease will seriously affect the appearance of the patient, so the patient often has some inferiority complex, and even when he goes out, he will be pointed at.
7. Vesaria
Urticaria has a folk name called rheumatism, which is one of the most common allergic skin diseases, and the most typical symptoms are itching, redness and swelling of the skin.
Anyone who has experienced urticaria knows that kind of pain, the skin of the whole body is red and swollen, and it is extremely itchy, which makes people can't help but want to scratch, which can be described as a great torture for the body at the onset of the disease.
The main cause of urticaria is edematous lesions on the mucous membranes and dermis, which appear as wheals on the surface of the skin, accompanied by itching symptoms.
Secondly, urticaria may also be caused by bacterial and viral infections, which can damage the respiratory tract at the onset of the disease, resulting in coughing and difficulty breathing.
If you want to treat urticaria, the first thing is to find its triggers, and there are many factors that can trigger urticaria.
It can be roughly divided into acute urticaria and chronic urticaria, and urticaria caused by allergies to food, drugs, plants, etc. is usually called acute urticaria.
Urticaria caused by some infections, weakened immunity, and chronic diseases is called chronic urticaria, and it is necessary to find its triggers and prescribe the right medicine when treating.
6. Eczema
Eczema is the most common in daily life, it is a chronic itchy inflammatory skin disease, and the factors that can induce eczema are divided into exogenous and endogenous.
Long-term exposure to excessive humidity or exposure to some microorganisms may lead to the appearance of eczema.
Secondly, if the autoimmune function is weakened, endocrine disorders will also induce eczema.
There are also certain genetic factors in eczema, and if there is a family history of allergic diseases, then the probability of developing eczema in the later stage will also be greatly increased.
The daily induced eczema is mostly caused by poor dietary Xi, contact with some chemicals and local infections.
Eczema can also be divided into acute and chronic eczema, the first is acute eczema, there will be intense itching, flaky erythema on the surface of the skin, blisters the size of millet grains, and in severe cases, pustules will form.
At the onset of the disease, the patient will have severe itching accompanied by burning sensation and pinprick sensation, especially when sleeping at night, the symptoms will be aggravated, at this time, the patient will continue to scratch because of itching, which will lead to the rupture of blisters accompanied by local bleeding and pus.
It will get better after medication or nursing treatment, but if you come into contact with the trigger again, it will recur, and it will turn into chronic eczema over time.
The symptoms caused by eczema will recur and the course of the disease will be long, even difficult to heal for several years, which will seriously affect the normal life of patients.
5. Scabies
Scabies is a contagious skin disease caused by scabies mites.
Speaking of scabies mites, they are actually a type of mites, which are one of the mites that can parasitize the human body, and there are scabies mites in bed sheets, quilts, clothes and other personal items.
Scabies mites are transmitted through direct contact, and when they are parasitic in the human body, they lay eggs in the pores and spread over a large area in this form.
Scabies can be induced by the secretions and excretions of scabies mites or the disintegration of scabies mite corpses, which can cause skin irritation, resulting in local rashes or small blisters.
After the onset of the disease, it will be itchy and unbearable, causing the patient to scratch and cause bleeding, and it will also recur, which is very uncomfortable.
4. Scleroderma
Scleroderma is a tissue disease in which inflammation, thickening, degeneration, and fibrosis of the skin causes atrophy and hardening of the skin, as well as affecting the normal function of the heart, lungs, and digestive system.
It is also a connective tissue disease with a high mortality rate, after which the skin of the body becomes hardened and appears in bands, plaques, as well as degenerative changes in the arteries and synovium.
Secondly, scleroderma can also be clinically divided into diffuse and localized.
First of all, diffuse systemic scleroderma is more severe, and it starts sclerotic directly throughout the body, damaging the skin and internal organs throughout the body over time.
The symptoms of localized systemic scleroderma develop slowly, starting with the slow hardening of the skin of the hands, and the common symptom is that when the skin is irritated by cold wind or strained, the skin of the hands turns from white to purple, accompanied by pain and hardening.
Patients also suffer from inflammation, erythema, edema and ulcers from time to time, which undoubtedly has a great impact on the patient's body, mind and life.
3. Contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis is a skin disease in which the skin reacts with inflammation through contact with external substances, and can be caused by a variety of factors, including contact with animals, plants, or chemicals.
When contact dermatitis occurs, symptoms such as pimples, erythema, and edema appear in the area of onset.
Dense blisters sometimes appear on top of edematous erythema, which can also cause severe itching, and when the patient scratches due to itching, the blister breakage can cause erosion and even local necrosis.
The disease is not contagious, but when the symptoms are severe, it can cause great distress to the patient, although this symptom occurs in acute contact dermatitis.
In the case of chronic contact dermatitis, the skin surface will show varying degrees of thickening, scaling, and even rupture, and this symptom will continue and recur, accompanied by itching, swelling and pain.
If you suffer from contact dermatitis, you can use medication according to the doctor's instructions, which can be effectively relieved but cannot be completely cured, and if you accidentally come into contact with it again, it may recur and become more serious.
2. Herpes zoster
Herpes zoster, commonly known as "snake waist", is an acute infectious skin disease caused by chickenpox and herpes zoster virus, which can also affect the nerves and cause nerve necrosis.
Herpes zoster generally appears on one side of the body's waist, the virus can go along the surrounding nerves to a group of distributed blisters, the virus will replicate in large quantities in the skin, with the nerve to form a shingle, like a snake attached to the waist, and there will be severe pain.
Secondly, shingles is also contagious, if you accidentally come into contact with the liquid that has broken the herpes, you will get infected directly, and if the shingles are extremely severe, it can also cause death.
1. Lupus erythematosus
The most typical manifestation of lupus erythematosus is butterfly-like erythema on the face, which is a skin disease rather than an autoimmune disease.
It can involve multiple systems and organs, and is a very terrible disease, and was even called "immortal cancer" at one time.
With lupus erythematosus, a series of symptoms such as anemia, muscle and joint pain, kidney disease, and pericardiopulmonary inflammation will occur.
Secondly, it can also cause severe damage to organs such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, etc., and the condition is very complex and difficult to treat.
Lupus erythematosus mainly occurs in women aged 15-40 years, if the body has fever, fatigue, anorexia, itchy skin bleeding, edema, dermatitis, joint pain and other symptoms, it is necessary to be careful of the appearance of lupus erythematosus, if it is serious, it will be life-threatening.
epilogue
Skin problems are not only superficial diseases, but also diseases that can damage body organs, but also involve the physical and mental health and normal life of patients.
If you can detect and treat it in time, you can avoid some physical pain, and ensuring skin health is to maintain the health of the body.