Deprive a person: symptoms, photos

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Lichen is common in medical practice, especially in young children. This disease is characterized by skin rashes that look like nodules, or spots of different sizes appear on the skin.

There are many types of this disease, it can be caused by the development of fungi or damage to the body by a virus. Most of these species are highly contagious, so a person can pose a threat to others. If treatment is not provided on time, the disease continues to spread and progress.

We will show what a person's lichen looks like at the initial stage in the photo, and also talk about the main signs of the onset of an ailment.

Types of lichen

Lichen can be of different varieties, depending on what caused it. The disease differs in the shape and color of the rash, as well as in the place of localization of the rash. Small blisters may appear on the affected area of the skin, which are filled with liquid, or the skin may simply flake off.

If we consider the general characteristics of the disease, then lichen appears in the form of red spots, which usually occur on the limbs.

Small blisters form around the spots, which eventually turn into a crust, and lichen continues to spread to healthy areas of the skin. You can see in the photo what the initial stage of deprivation looks like in a person in order to recognize the disease in time.

The most common forms of the disease include:

• lichen of Gibert or pink;
• microsporia or ringworm;
• scaly lichen;
• lichen or pityriasis;
• shingles;
• sun lichen;
• ringworm.

Although the disease is very unpleasant, it is still amenable to complete cure. There are such types of ailment in which the patient is not prescribed treatment at all, since the lichen passes on its own. Many types of the disease are easily transmitted to healthy people by contact; it is enough to use one towel with a sick person.

Infection can also occur with short-term contact, for example, if you hold onto the handle of a door that has been in contact with a sick person.

The main signs of lichen

To find out what a person's lichen looks like at the initial stage, you can consider it in the photo. But besides this, the patient should know the main symptoms of the development of this ailment. These include:

• peeling of the skin in certain areas of the body;
• dark or white spots appear on the skin (pigmentation);
• spots can take on different shades;
• severe itching occurs;
• hair loss may occur if lichen forms on the scalp.

If a person experiences similar symptoms, they should see a dermatologist immediately. Only a doctor will be able to make an accurate diagnosis, as well as determine the type of lichen in order to prescribe a suitable treatment. It is worth noting that many skin diseases are similar to the signs of the development of this ailment.

Symptoms of each type of lichen: what does the disease look like?

The patient should understand that such types of diseases as ringworm, pink and shingles are extremely contagious, so the patient should be isolated from contact with other people for a while. If the diagnosis is confirmed, then the patient is admitted to a hospital, where full treatment is carried out.

When the disease is being treated at home, it is recommended to use separate personal hygiene products, as well as dishes and necessary household items.

Now you can talk in more detail about each type of lichen that is often found in the dermatological practice of doctors:

1. Ringworm. This disease, also called trichophytosis, is caused by fungi and is highly contagious in healthy people. Most often, ringworm affects the scalp, but it can also spread to the skin. The symptoms of the disease are expressed quite clearly, first lesions appear on the head, which have a small diameter, but without treatment, the site of the lesion becomes more noticeable. In the center of the lesion, swelling of the skin appears, and the spots are covered with coarse scales that have a gray color. Usually, the ailment is accompanied by severe bouts of itching.
2. Pink versicolor. You can see in the photo what this type of lichen looks like in its initial form in humans. The disease is viral in nature, and at the initial stage only one spot appears on the body, which is called "maternal", it can reach about five centimeters in size. Later, the patient develops other symptoms that worsen his well-being, and pink spots with a smaller diameter spread throughout the body. There is slight itching along the edges, and peeling may also occur.
3. Shingles. It usually occurs in those people who have had chickenpox in childhood, but at the same time remained carriers of the chickenpox virus. Its activation occurs after a person's immunity gives a slight failure. At the initial stage, the patient simply feels worse, the symptoms at the first stage are more like a cold. There is weakness in the body, the temperature rises, there is an increase in lymph nodes and chills. Later, red spots appear at the site of the lesion; after three days, bubbles are additionally formed in their place, which are filled with liquid.

They become very painful, and after a few days, the blisters break open on their own and become covered with crusts. With herpes zoster, soreness can manifest itself for a long time.

You can also tell a little and scaly lichen, or as it is called "psoriasis". This disease is not contagious, while it has an autoimmune nature of occurrence. Usually psoriasis develops in children and adults with a genetic predisposition to the disease.

Unfortunately, skin ailments cannot be treated with drugs.

Its main symptoms include red spots that protrude above the surface of the skin. Gray scales form on them. With an exacerbation, the patient may complain of itching attacks and a general deterioration in well-being.