Red or Yellow Skin Lumps
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
Presence of red or yellow raised bumps on the skin which can vary in appearance and number.
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Red or yellow skin lumps
Possible causes
- Sebaceous hyperplasia
‌Sebaceous hyperplasia is a skin condition that occurs when the sebaceous glands (oil glands) produce too much oil, which may get trapped under the skin resulting in bumps. It becomes more common with older age.
- Dyslipidemia
Abnormally high levels of lipids (fats) in the blood, including cholesterol and triglycerides, is also called dyslipidemia. Dyslipidemia can significantly increase a person's risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious problems due to fatty accumulation in the blood vessels, resulting in narrowing or obstruction.
- Gouty tophus
It is a type of chronic arthritis, usually chronic rheumatoid arthritis which occurs due to excessive production or reduced clearance of uric acid which accumulate as uric acid crystals in the joints. Risk factors include genetics, excessive Alcohol consumption, Diet with excessive sugars or protiens, certain medications and male sex.
- lichen nitidus . lichen striatus
- Xanthoma
- Folliculitis / furuncle / carbuncle
- Xanthogranuloma
- Neurofibromatosis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
- Amyloidosis
Questions your doctor may ask about this symptom
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom
Do you have yellow or red lumps/bumps on your skin?
Do you have a fever?
Do you have itchy skin?
Do you have skin redness?
Do you have any pain or tingling in the affected areas of the skin?
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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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