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Dyshidrosis. Dyshidrosis is a type of dermatitis, characterized by itchy vesicles of 1–2 mm in size, on the palms of the hands, sides of fingers, or bottoms of the feet. [9] Outbreaks usually conclude within three to four weeks, but often recur. [5] [9] Repeated attacks may result in fissures and skin thickening. [8]
A herpetic whitlow is a herpes lesion ( whitlow ), typically on a finger or thumb, caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). Occasionally infection occurs on the toes or on the nail cuticle. Herpes whitlow can be caused by infection by HSV-1 or HSV-2. [1] HSV-1 whitlow is often contracted by health care workers that come in contact with the ...
Specialty. Medical genetics. Ectrodactyly, split hand, or cleft hand [1] (derived from Greek ektroma "miscarriage" and daktylos "finger") [2] involves the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot and is also known as split hand/split foot malformation (SHFM). [3] The hands and feet of people with ectrodactyly ...
Paronychia is an inflammation of the skin around the nail, which can occur suddenly, when it is usually due to the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, or gradually when it is commonly caused by the fungus Candida albicans. [2] [3] [4] The term is from Greek: παρωνυχία from para 'around', onyx 'nail', and the abstract noun suffix -ia.
The problem doesn't stop at nails, either. Habitual nail-biters often chomp on the skin around their fingers, too, leaving open cuts and abrasions that could easily pick up even more bacteria or ...
In 1928, a children's book, Jiji Lou: The Story of a Cast-Off Doll, by Lurline Bowles Mayol, featured a rag doll named Jiji Lou Jay O'Shay, who explains that her owner found her name "On our phonograph . . . It was a song that Sally Lee loved. It was all about 'rings on her fingers and bells on her toes' and it ended with 'Jiji Lou Jay O'Shay.'"
Dermatoglyphics (from Ancient Greek derma, "skin", and glyph, "carving") is the scientific study of fingerprints, lines, mounts and shapes of hands, as distinct from the superficially similar pseudoscience of palmistry . Dermatoglyphics also refers to the making of naturally occurring ridges on certain body parts, namely palms, fingers, soles ...
Apert syndrome. Apert syndrome is a form of acrocephalosyndactyly, a congenital disorder characterized by malformations of the skull, face, hands and feet. It is classified as a branchial arch syndrome, affecting the first branchial (or pharyngeal) arch, the precursor of the maxilla and mandible. Disturbances in the development of the branchial ...