Examples of blister in the following topics:
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Blister
- Friction blisters, caused by rubbing against the skin, can be prevented by reducing the friction to a level where blisters will not form.
- Most sunburn blisters will heal naturally.
- First and second degree burns may result in blistered skin; however, it is characteristic of second degree burns to blister immediately, whereas first degree burns can have blisters after a couple of days.
- Some chemical warfare agents, known as blister agents or vesicants, cause large, painful blisters wherever they contact skin; an example is mustard gas.
- Other, much rarer conditions that cause blisters include:
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Shingles
- Herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is a viral disease caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a limited area on one side of the body, often in a stripe.
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Desmosomes
- In other disorders affecting the desmosome, layers of the skin can pull apart resulting in blisters and other tissue damage.
- Blistering diseases such as Pemphigus vulgaris and Pemphigus foliaceus are autoimmune diseases in which auto-antibodies target the desmoglein proteins.
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Infection
- Oral herpes, the visible symptoms of which are colloquially called cold sores or fever blisters, is an infection of the face or mouth .
- Note the blisters in a group marked by an arrow.
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Running Injuries
- Foot blisters are also common among runners.
- Specialized socks greatly help to prevent blisters.
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Complete Antigens and Haptens
- After a second exposure later, the proliferated T cells can become activated, generating an immune reaction, producing the typical blisters of poison ivy exposure.
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Basement Membranes and Diseases
- This is an inherited connective tissue disease causing blisters in the skin and mucosal membranes, with an incidence of 1/50,000.