Taking care of skin is essential in order to protect your entire body. Skin is the largest organ of the body and it requires care as other body parts do. Sometimes such a situation occurs where you simply ignore any of the skin symptoms and later on it causes major health issues.
We here are discussing 20 skin symptoms that indicate more health issues later if not treated on time. Let’s have a look
20 Lower Leg Rash
It’s time to speak to your physician if you notice light-brown scaly patches on your skin, particularly at your lower leg. Painless brown scales are also a symptom of diabetic dermopathy at the bottom legs, a disease attributed to changes in blood vessels indicates diabetic conditions. It is suggested not to ignore such patchy scales and immediately consult with your doctor.
19 Bluish Skin
Many conditions can cause your skin to have a bluish tint. For example, blue-colored bleaching and varicose veins can appear. Low flow or inadequate levels of oxygen can also cause your skin to turn bluish in your bloodstream. Cyanosis is also noted for this skin bluishness.
18 Scaly Patches
Scaly skin is most prominent in the lower legs, arms, and thighs. It can be a common symptom of dry skin and can occur anywhere in the body. Irritation, inflammation and itching accelerate the turnover of skin cells, allowing them to grow in size. Inflammatory diseases of the skin such as seborrheic dermatitis or dandruff, are also found in scaly skin. This disease, known as infant cradle cap, produces white or yellowish skin scales and flakes.
17 Darkened Skin
It’s important to see your doctor right away if your skin is uncharacteristically dark and not bright. This may be a sign of a skin disorder linked to diabetes, which may reveal excess insulin in the bloodstream
16 Lesions
Causes of skin damage are more severe for skin cancer and precancerous skin changes. Such lesions occur often in the light, like your face, arms and hands, parts of your body. Because several skin lesions can be harmless or severe, contact your healthcare provider if you suffer from a new skin lesion that causes or takes more than one day or more or your child has a skin injury. If your child has skin lesion, notify your healthcare provider.
15 Bruises
Cruises are not frequently signs of skin injury, but it is time to make blood stream work properly, if any touch seems to leave a mark. Often bleeding is a symptom of anemia with iron deficiency, a disease that lacks enough red blood cell supplies in the body. This can cause tiredness, weakness, dizziness, lack of appetite and chest pain if untreated.
14 Styles
It is time to ask your doctor to test your blood sugar levels when eyelid infections plague you. Diabetes can weaken the immune system and make infected individuals, including eyelid types, vulnerable to disease.
13 Red Rashes
This may be a sign of scarlet fever if you have never seen the sun for months but your head, legs and abdomen still look burnt. This bacterial infection, often associated with strep disease, induces a sunburn-like torso rash and flushes, and can also irritate or stain your tongue.
12 Asymmetrical Moles
It is the most common melanoma type. This variation is between 70% and 80% of melanomas, which also look like irregular moles. Such melanomas typically start developing on the surface of the skin and do not spread and invade other areas of the body until they reach deeper skin levels. The most common positions are on the men’s trunk and women’s legs.
11 Broken Blood Vessels
Although broken blood vessels can be destroyed, they may also display some damage. Blood broken vessels may be a sign of liver damage which is soon fatal, particularly on the face, neck, chest and back.
10 Tight Skin on Fingers
The time for a blood test is when the skin on the finger is tight and rigid. Tight, thickened skin can be the symptom of scleroderma, autoimmune disease set or digital sclerosis, skin disorder with diabetes.
9 Butterfly Shaped Rash
For time to time, everybody’s skin is flushed, but a regularly flushed face may be a sign of something serious. Lupus also shows up around the nose and cheeks as a swollen, often scaly butterfly-shaped rash.
8 Itchiness
You may have an itch that causes scratching. Or you can’t get a tickle on your back. It is also difficult to decide what triggers it. This may be as simple as your shoes. Yet anything more severe, like rash or cancer, can also be a symptom.
Start with the easiest solutions. Use another product, look after your skin and avoid something that seems to cause itch. Tell your doctor if that doesn’t help, who will test the case and the diagnosis.
7 Pitted Skin
It is time to get to the doctor if you find that the skin around your breasts has developed a pitched look. Sudden skin humps on or around the breasts, may be a symptom of breast cancer.
6 Yellowish or pale Skin
Yellowish color on your skin may be more than a spray tan that’s gone wrong. Sometimes, the yellow color on your skin is a symptom of jaundice, a waste of your bloodstream commodity that comes from the degradation of hemoglobin.
5 Patchy Discoloration
Patchy skin color is areas in which skin color with lighter or darker areas is abnormal. The skin molded or mottled refers to changes in the blood vessel in the skin which create a patchy look. Consult your doctor if you observe such symptoms on your skin.
4 Hives
Hives sometimes cause scratching, but they may also sting or burn. These can be seen on the nose, lips, tongue, arms, or ears anywhere in the body. Temporary hives are of varying size (from a pencil eraser to a dinner table) and may join in creating larger areas called plaques. It can take hours or one day before it disappears.
3 Dry and Itchy Skin
Dry and itchy skin can be a sign of normal rash. But if you are facing this issue constantly, then it may be a sign of diabetes. You must consult the doctor immediately.
2 Abscesses
Don’t try to hide anything from your doctor or try to deal with it yourself if you have an uncomfortable abscess. Abscesses are also signs of a staph infection that can destroy your vital organs and kill you if it’s not treated quickly.
1 Slow wound healing
We all get injured sometimes get little wounds sometimes get more. But the normal time of healing a wound is about one week. If you are observing that your wounds looks still fresh even after 1 month of the injury, just immediately consult with your doctor. It may be a sign of diabetes. Cure in time is better than suffering!