Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Eczema Sarcoidosis

By Moses Wright

A rash caused by sarcoidosis is called eczema sarcoidosis or cutaneous sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis may affect many different parts of the body. Of people diagnosed with sarcoidosis, twenty to thirty-five percent develop eczema sarcoidosis.

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.

Sarcoidosis can cause calcium deposits may form in the skin. This is called cutaneous calcification or calcinosis cutis. In addition to calcinosis cutis, sarcoidosis can trigger other forms of eczema that are not exclusively associated with sarcoidosis.

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.

Sarcoidosis can trigger erythema multiforme which is a blistering rash. The rash typically spreads for a few days and may last 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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