Flexures Red Non Scaly

Red nonscaly areas in the flexures

 

Hailey Hailey disease

Extramammary Paget's Disease

Intertrigo

Red rashes in the flexures are generally intertrigo,psoriasis, seborrhoeic dermatitis,steroid modified tinea,erythrasma or a contact allergy.Nappy dermatitis usually spares the deep flexure folds while involving the skin surface in contact with the nappy.Rare red flexural rashes include mammary and extramammary Paget's disease,Hailey Hailey disease, Langerhans cell histiocytosis and early staph scalded skin syndrome or Toxic epidermal necrolysis.

SIGN DIP MEN    Overview of Red Nonscaly Diseases

 

S-Squamous  Flexural or genital psoriasis 

 

I-Infective    Measles,Scarlet fever,Rubella,Infectious mononucleosis,Toxic shock syndrome,Staph scalded skin syndrome,Syphilis,HIV exanthem,Typhoid fever,Typhus,steroid modified tinea,

 

G-Granulomatous   Sarcoidosis,Rosacea

 

N-Neoplastic   Sezary syndrome,Flushing disorders such as Carcinoid syndrome or Phaeochromocytoma,Urticaria pigmentosum,Leukaemia and Lymphoma

 

D-Drugs    Any drug reaction,Mercury exanthem,Phototoxic drug reactions

 

I-Immunological    Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Systemic lupus erythematosus,

 

P-Physical     Sunburn,Nappy rash,

 

M-Metabolic

 

E-Endocrine

 

N-Nutritional