Skin Disease
The abnormal condition of any part of the skin is called skin disease or dermatosis. Skin is the largest system of the body. It is directly in contact with the external environment. Apart from this, diseases of many other systems or organs (such as piles) also manifest through the skin. (or show their symptoms)
Skin is the largest organ of the body and it is also the organ which is in contact with the external world. This is the reason that it gets damaged by many things. This damage does not affect the internal organs of the body. There are different types of dermatosis. Skin can be seen easily. This is why its diseases, whether caused by injury or infection, immediately attract the attention of the patient.
Skin Disease Various causes of skin diseases
Skin diseases occur due to many reasons. Before shedding light on these reasons, it is important to know that the skin of every human being is not the same and neither do the same causes have the same effect on it.
Skin Disease Congenital causes
Some skin diseases are present from birth, the cause of which is maldevelopment of the skin. Such diseases attract the attention of the mother and other people only a few days after birth, for example, red raised spots (nevus), in which blood is visible. These can appear on any part of the body. These scars disappear automatically at the age of three to four years. They should be treated by a special doctor, so that no bad, raised mark remains.
Apart from this, the skin of some people is dry and like the skin of a fish. It remains like this throughout the life. Such a person should not use soap. The skin, hair and the clear circle (cornea) of the eyes of some people is white. Such a person is called sunflower, or albino. The rays of the sun are very harmful for them, so they should always stay away from the sun and should use “sunglasses” while going out in the sun.
Skin Disease Physical causes
Some diseases are also caused by physical causes on the skin, such as diseases caused by the pressure of an object on the skin and the effect of colour, heat, cold and x-rays. Hard pressure on the skin causes injury which causes pain due to the pressure. Sometimes it has also been seen that due to continuous pressure the skin becomes thin, like prolapse of intestines in ships. To prevent this, springs are worn.
On getting too wet, the skin shrinks and starts peeling off. Soap has a bad effect on this type of skin. This type of skin is found in washer men, servants working in the house, hotel cooks and utensil washers. Along with the skin of hands and feet, it also affects fingers and nails.
Cold also has a bad effect on the skin, especially if the temperature is below zero. Due to extreme cold, the delicate, small and fine blood vessels of the skin start shrinking and the skin turns blue, blood freezes in these veins and the body part melts. This disease is called frost-bite. It affects the ears, nose and fingers of the hands and feet. Knowledge of first aid for this disease is very important for those soldiers who guard the mountainous border. The body part whose skin is affected by frostbite should be kept at rest and after cleaning it, it should be wrapped in a woolen cloth. Massage and fomentation are harmful.
Due to extreme cold, the fingers of some people swell, turn red and also develop wounds. To avoid this disease, nutritious food should be eaten and the fingers should be kept warm by wearing gloves. Here nutritious food means food containing more protein and fat.
Effect of chemicals
Chemicals, such as alkali and acid etc., have a bad effect on the skin. India is currently moving towards industrialization, therefore the use of many types of chemicals is inevitable. In such a situation, many skin diseases will be visible due to the bad effect of these chemicals on the skin.
In modern times, in other countries, more attention is being paid to occupational skin diseases. When a worker enters an industrial institution, it is seen whether the chemicals used in that industrial institution are harmful for the workers or not. The second thing is that the managers and doctors of such industrial institutions also see whether all the employees wash their hands and feet properly and change their clothes after work or not. The clothes in which they use chemicals should be changed immediately after work, so that the bad effect of those substances does not last long on the body.
Nowadays, in progressive countries, industrial institutions take full care of all these things and also pay attention to the fact that the factories do not have a bad effect on the skin. Complete care is taken of the health of the employee. Every employee has a life insurance, so that if he falls sick during work, he can be treated properly. The life insurance company pays his salary for the period he remains sick and also arranges for his proper treatment. Apart from this, if it is proved that the employee has contracted a disease while working in a factory and by touching any object there which is harmful, then the manager of that factory also gives some money to the employee as compensation.
Unhygienic conditions and infectious diseases
In our country, most of the skin diseases are seen, which are caused by not cleaning the body completely, poverty, not bathing regularly and by coming in contact with the skin of sick animals. These types of diseases are infectious and are contracted by coming in contact with each other. Such diseases mostly include scabies, pediculosis and ringworm etc. People think that the strongest medicines should be used to kill the bacteria of these diseases. This idea is baseless and wrong. Doing so causes a lot of damage to the skin. People should know that all the diseases in which itching is a common symptom are caused by different reasons. Sulphur ointment is very beneficial for itching. A doctor is needed for complete treatment of the disease. Sulphur ointment should be applied on the body at night before sleeping. Applying the ointment three times will be enough.
To get rid of head lice, cleaning the head and cutting the hair is a must.
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