(DOWNLOAD) "Panniculitis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions" by Kenneth Kee # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Panniculitis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
- Author : Kenneth Kee
- Release Date : January 27, 2020
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 195 KB
Description
This book describes Panniculitis, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Lipoma is just a slow growing benign tumor of fatty tissue.
Panniculitis is the inflammation of lumps (lipomas) in the fat layer under the skin causing pain.
Dercum’s disease (adiposis dolorosa) has painful lipomas with obesity and weakness.
Panniculitis is a group of disorders that produce painful lumps, or nodules, to form under the skin, often on the legs and feet.
These lumps produce inflammation in the fat layer under the skin.
This layer is termed the panniculus or subcutaneous fat layer.
It is the type of fat that supplies insulation and helps control the body temperature.
The patient tends more likely to obtaining panniculitis if the patient has:
1. Infection,
2. Inflammatory disease, or
3. Connective tissue disorder.
Types of Panniculitis
Doctors categorize panniculitis based on which area of the fat layer under the skin is inflamed.
1. Septal panniculitis involves the connective tissue around the fat.
2. Lobular panniculitis involves fat lobules.
This disorder can also affect different types of immune cells in the skin such as:
a. Histiocytes
b. Lymphocytes
c. Neutrophils
3. Most forms of panniculitis are mixed with both septal and lobular inflammation.
4. Some forms have inflamed blood vessels in the skin, termed panniculitis with vasculitis.
More specific forms of panniculitis are:
1. Erythema nodosum:
This is the most frequent and well known form of panniculitis.
It produces red, painful lumps to form on the front of the lower legs.
It also produces more general symptoms like fever, headache, and eye disorders.
2. Cold panniculitis:
This form involves areas of skin that have been exposed to extreme cold, such as when spending time outdoors (skiers wearing inadequate clothing).
The involved skin is poorly-defined, red-blue in color and cold to touch.
3. Lipodermatosclerosis:
This form is related to vein disorders and obesity.
It often involves overweight women over 40.
The acute form manifests as episodes of painful inflammation in the lower legs, above the ankles, resembling cellulites
4. Erythema induratum:
This form involves the calves of middle-aged women.
5. Subcutaneous sarcoidosis:
This form is produced by the disease sarcoidosis.
6. Weber-Christian disease:
This form is used to depict a form of the disease that often affects women in midlife.
It produces lumps on the thighs and lower legs.
It can also affect other organs.
Weber-Christian disease is also termed Idiopathic nodular panniculitis
Other different types of panniculitis may be:
1. Lupus panniculitis
2. Pancreatitis-linked panniculitis
3. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency linked panniculitis
4. Infective panniculitis
Many different disorders produce panniculitis such as:
1. Infections from bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites
2. Inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
3. Diabetes
4. Injuries from intense exercise, exposure to cold temperatures
5. Connective tissue disorders such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma
6. Medicines such as sulfonamide antibiotics, iodide, bromide, and large doses of corticosteroids
7. Sarcoidosis, which causes clumps of inflammatory cells to form in the body
8. Cancers like leukemia and lymphoma
9. Pancreatic diseases
10. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder
The main symptom is painful or tender lumps
Inflammation in the body can injure organs such as the liver, pancreas, lungs, and bone marrow.
The aim in treating panniculitis is to stop inflammation and relieve the symptoms (pain, stress)
Medicinal treatments are steroids and immunosuppressants
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Panniculitis
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Lipoma
Chapter 8 Dercum’s Disease
Epilogue