Sixth disease
Common viral illness in infants caused by HHV-6. Roseola presents with high fever followed by sudden rash; also known as sixth disease or exanthem subitum.
Category Dermatology
Fifth disease
Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), is a common manifestation of infection in children characterized by low-grade fever, malaise, facial rash, and later by the spread of a lacy maculopapular rash involving the trunk and limbs.
Third disease
Mild viral exanthem in children; dangerous in pregnancy. Rubella causes rash and lymphadenopathy, with congenital infection leading to CRS.
Second disease
Scarlet fever (second disease). Contagious GABHS infection in kids under 10 with sore throat or rash; caused by S. pyogenes strains producing erythrogenic toxin.
First disease
Clinical Clinical Features & Course: Complications: Otitis media, pneumonia, croup, encephalitis, and rarely subacute sclerosing panencephalitis . History of first disease – measles History & Key Contributors 1778 – John Quier: possible early reference to oral enanthems litfl.com+4litfl.com+4litfl.com+4. 1785 –…
Clement Dukes
Clement Dukes (1845–1925), English physician and school health reformer, proposed "Dukes' disease" and transformed adolescent medical care in public schools.
Frederick Forchheimer
Frederick Forchheimer (1853–1913), U.S. paediatrician and educator, described Forchheimer spots and published landmark internal medicine textbooks
Frederick Weber
Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962) English physician and dermatologist; author of over 1,200 medical articles; described Rendu-Osler-Weber disease and Sturge-Weber-Kalischer syndrome; renowned numismatist and scholar of medical philosophy.
Weber-Cockayne syndrome
Weber-Cockayne syndrome: a mild, localised form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex, causing recurrent blistering of the palms and soles due to KRT5 or KRT14 mutations.
Erythroderma
These patients will be at high risk from a range of potentially life threatening complications that relate to the high degree of skin inflammation. The condition constitutes a true dermatological emergency and requires prompt resuscitation and referral to a dermatologist.…
Hulûsi Behçet
Hulusi Behçet (1889-1948) was a Turkish dermatologist. Behçet disease (1936) ‘triple symptom complex’ of mouth aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and recurrent iritis
Behçet Disease
Behçet disease: chronic, multisystemic inflammatory condition involving small and large vessels of unknown aetiology. Characterised by the triad of recurrent oral aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, and iridocyclitis with or without hypopyon.