Rough, Hard Skin
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
It refers to skin that is coarse to touch and build up of hard, thick areas of skin.
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Cough
Repeated fever above 38 ℃
Erythema
Fever
Possible causes
- Callus
This condition causes the skin to thicken and harden, typically due to chronic friction.
- Clavus
Clavus, more commonly known as a corn, is a condition where skin thickens and hardens over a specific area, often the foot, due to chronic pressure.
- Psoriasis (except for pustular psoriasis)
A skin disease caused by the immune system attacking skin cells, thought to be genetic and triggered by factors such as environment, illnesses, and stress.
- Tinea / tinea unguium
- Scabies
Related serious diseases
- Pseudoaleseriosis / Skedosporium disease
Scedosporiosis is a range of diseases caused by the fungus Scedosporium. These fungi can cause infection in various body organs, usually when the immune system is weakened or compromised.
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Reviewed By:
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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