Eczema Sarcoidosis
Eczema sarcoidosis is the skin symptoms related to sarcoidosis. Eczema sarcoidosis is also called cutaneous sarcoidosis. Twenty to thirty-five percent of people with sarcoidosisis have symptoms that affect the skin.
Symptoms of sarcoidosis vary depending on which body systems are being affected. Some common symptoms of sarcoidosis are fatigue, fever, cough, shortness of breath, enlarged lymph glands, hair loss, seizures, nosebleeds, headache, and weight loss. The cause of sarcoidosis has yet to be determined.
Eczema sarcoidosis can take a variety of forms. One form of eczema sarcoidosis is called lupus pernio. Lupus pernio causes large purplish lesions on the fingers, toes, nose, ears, and cheeks.
Eczema sarcoidosis can appear as brown or purplish-red, circular areas of thickened skin called skin plaques. Sarcoidosis can cause bumps under the skin or old scars to become thickened. Sarcoidosis can cause itchiness of the skin.
Cutaneous calcification can occur. Cutaneous calcification, also called calcinosis cutis, causes deposits of calcium in the skin. In addition to these rashes caused by sarcoidosis, the skin symptoms from sarcoidosis can resemble other forms of eczema.
Sarcoidosis can cause the skin on the shins to develop bump that are sensitive to the touch. This condition, called erythema nodosum, can also cause arthritis in the wrists, hands, elbows, and ankles.
Discoid eczema, also called nummular eczema, can be caused by sarcoidosis. Nummular eczema causes round patches that may be a dry, scaly rash or a bumpy, blistering rash.
Erythema multiforme is a type of eczema that can be triggered by sarcoidosis. Erythema multiforme causes a blistering rash that may get worse over the first several days and typically lasts up to three weeks.
Approximately one-third of patients with eczema sarcoidosis do not have sarcoidosis symptoms in other parts of the body. The lungs, eyes, heart, liver, and nervous system may be affected by sarcoidosis. Musculoskeletal systems may also develop.
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