196 Where There Is No Doctor 2011
SKIN PROBLEMS—A Guide to Identification
IF THE SKIN
HAS:
small or
pimple-like
sores
AND LOOKS
LIKE:
Tiny bumps or sores with much
itching—first between fingers,
on the wrists, or the waist.
Pimples or sores with pus or
inflammation, often from
scratching insect bites. May
cause swollen lymph nodes.
Irregular, spreading sores
with shiny, yellow crusts.
YOU MAY
HAVE:
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PAGE:
scabies
199
infection
from bacteria
impetigo
(bacterial
infection)
201
202
Pimples on young people’s faces,
sometimes chest and back,
often with small heads of pus.
acne,
pimples,
blackheads
211
a large, open
sore or
skin ulcer
A sore on the genitals.
without itching or pain.
with pain and pus.
A large chronic (unhealing) sore surrounded
by purplish skin—on or near the ankles of
older people with varicose veins.
Sores over the bones and joints
of very sick persons who cannot
get out of bed.
Sores with loss of feeling on the
feet or hands. (They do not hurt
even when pricked with a needle.)
A bump and then a sore that will not
heal, anywhere on the body or face.
syphilis
venereal
lymphogranuloma
chancroid
237
238
403
ulcers from bad
circulation
(possibly
diabetes)
213
127
bed sores
214
leprosy
191
leishmaniasis
406
lumps under
the skin
A warm, painful swelling
that eventually may break
open and drain pus.
A warm, painful lump in
the breast of a woman
breastfeeding.
A lump that keeps growing.
Usually not painful at first.
One or more round lumps on the
head, neck, or upper body (or
central body and thighs).
abscess or boil
202
mastitis
(bacterial
infection),
possibly cancer
cancer
(also see
lymph nodes)
river blindness
(also see
lymph nodes)
278
279
279
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227
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