Erythema multiforme

Your skin is your body's largest organ. It covers and protects your body. Your skinHolds body fluids in, preventing dehydrationKeeps harmful microbes out, preventing infectionsHelps you feel things like heat, cold, and painKeeps your body temperature evenMakes vitamin D when the sun shines on itAnything that irritates, clogs, or inflames your skin can cause symptoms such as redness, swelling, burning, and itching. Allergies, irritants, your genetic makeup, and certain diseases and immune system problems can cause rashes, hives, and other skin conditions. Many skin problems, such as acne, also affect your appearance.NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Disease Alternative Name

skin conditions

cutaneous disorders

dermatology

dermatologic disorders

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Dr. Arun Yadav

Ast. Dermatologist and cosmetologist.

58 yrs female with these typ of patches over neck area with severe itching and burning, no other part involved, since la...See More

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Dr. Lohitaksh Makasare

General Practice

Another case of hypersensitivity to combination pill of Ciprofloxacin + Tinidazole. Drug induced erythema multiforme min...See More

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Dr. Joy Das

MBBS, MD DERMATOLOGY VENEREOLOGY LEPROLOGY

As you have mentioned about prognosis: I guess you haven't mentioned anything about involvement of mucosa- oral, genital or anal, and so prognosis is good. Besides involvement is limited to distal extremities and so it should subside by 2 ...

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Dr. Mahananda Melkar

General Practice

A 32-year-old woman presents to the emergency department for evaluation of a worsening rash that begins at her navel and...See More

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Dr. Shivraj Agarwal

General Practice

Necrotic erythema multiformis Rx tab azithromycin 250mg 1od Tab Levocetrizine5mg 1bd Tab dispred4mg 1tds Flutibact oint twice daily

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Dr. Manoj Kumar

Intensive Care Specialist

A 39-year-old woman presents with lesions on her legs that first appeared 3 weeks earlier. In the days that followed, th...See More

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Dr. Manoj Kumar

Intensive Care Specialist

Erythema multiforme is a hypersensitivity reaction usually triggered by infections, most commonly herpes simplex virus (HSV). It presents with a skin eruption characterised by a typical target lesion. There may be mucous membrane involvemen...

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Bhavya Arora

MBBS Student

Which of the following dermatological condition does not an oral manifestation 1) Lichen planus 2) Erythema multiforme 3) Pemphigus 4) None of these

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Bhavya Arora

MBBS Student

All these are associated with oral manifestation

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Dr. Pankaj Jagirdar

Top Dermatologist of June

How to differentiate Erythema Multiforme Major (EMM) from Steven- Jonhson Syndrome (SJS) clinically? This question is r...See More

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Dr. Pankaj Jagirdar

Dermatology

More severe cases of Erythema Multiforme Major (EMM) may be confused with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) or toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) in its early presentation. However skin lesions of EMM will be predominately Acral. In contrast, th...

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Dermatology

A 52-year-old woman presented with recurrent oral and vaginal ulcers and targetoid lesions of her feet and hands of 32 y...See More

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Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Dermatology

58yo male with 6 month history of progressive hyperpigmented, non-raised, homogenous, non pruritic, dark brown macules. ...See More