Mohammed Majdou

Bowen’s disease is a common superficial cancer which occurs on the upper layer of the skin (the epidermis). It appears most commonly as a slow-growing, persistent red scaly patch on areas of skin exposed to the sun.

The following treatments may be used to treat Bowen’s disease:

- Surgery including Mohs micrographic surgery

- Curettage and Electrocautery

- Cryotherapy or liquid nitrogen

- Topical chemotherapy, such as5-Fluorouracil (Efudix), Imiquimod (Aldara) and Ingenol mebutate (Picato)

- Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

- Radiotherapy

Bowen's Disease doesn't go away when you treat it with a cortisone or antifungal cream.

If Bowen’s disease is not treated, a small percentage may develop into an invasive skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Acanthamoeba Keratitis ... very rare and lead to blindness.

Combination regimens used include:

TMP-SMX, flucytosine, and sulfadiazine

Penicillin G and chloramphenicol (chloramphenicol is no longer available in the United States)

Sulfadiazine, pyrimethamine, and fluconazole

Pentamidine, levofloxacin, amphotericin B, flucytosine, rifampin, and itraconazole

Pentamidine, flucytosine, itraconazole, topical chlorhexidine, and ketoconazole

Pentamidine and itraconazole

Fluconazole, sulfadiazine, and surgical debulking

Ketoconazole, rifampin, and TMP-SMX

TMP-SMX, rifampin, and surgical debulking

Onchocerca eye infection

Median nail dystrophy—also known as dystrophia unguium mediana canaliformis, nevus striatus unguis, or median canaliform dystrophy of Heller.

Onychocryptosis, also known as an ingrown toenail or unguis incarnatus.

HELLP Mx,

Hemolysis

Elevated Liver Enzymes

Trichomycosis axillaris is a superficial bacterial infection of underarm hair. The disease is characterised by yellow, black or red granular nodules or concretions that stick to the hair shaft. It can also affect pubic hair (when it is called trichomycosis pubis), scrotal hair, and intergluteal hair.

Erythema ab igne is a rash characterized by a reticulated pattern of erythema and hyperpigmentation. It is caused by repeated exposure to direct heat or infrared radiation, often from occupational exposure or the use of heating pads.

e.g. people who use labtops a lot on there thies will have it.