Latest news and features on rare skin conditions, blistering, flaking and rashes
CIARA Burnside gave birth to son Ralph but something was immediately wrong – inside her womb the helpless baby’s skin had peeled off and gathered at his feet li...
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IT’S a chilly morning and you’ve just set off for work, when your brisk pace is suddenly stilled by an unbearable itch. Panicking, you drop your bag to give yo...
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As Scarlett Clarke entered the world and took her first breath, it wasn’t met with excitement as expected. Instead, the feeling of fear flooded across everyone...
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OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice. Today, helps a reader who has been left with a crusty lesion on their head after...
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A MUM has told how her daughter was born with a rare condition that has left her neck and lips purple. Cristen Gluch assumed something was “terribly wrong” wit...
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A MUM who started getting rashes out of the blue initially blamed them on the stress of her divorce, but when her fingers turned “ghostly white”, she knew somet...
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A WOMAN who used a commonly prescribed cream for years has told how she was left with skin “like a crispy fried chicken” after suffering a horrific reaction whe...
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ELLENA George hoped sharing details of her battle with psoriasis online would help others with the condition – but she never expected the cruel comments from tr...
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AN ITCH you definitely can’t scratch… well certainly not in public! That’s right, it’s time to talk itchy bums – or pruritus ani to give it its medical name. Wh...
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A DISTRAUGHT teen has shared how an agonising allergy left her with pus-soaked bedsheets and her skin flaking off. Chloe, 19, features on the brand new series o...
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Schools and care homes could soon be under siege from a Victorian disease that can trigger nightmare attacks of itching, scientists have warned. Leading public...
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A “REAL-life vampire” says the sun could “actually kill her”, as her skin breaks out in oozing third-degree burns and blisters from just 30 seconds of exposure....
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