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Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Photosensitivity Disorders

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Photosensitivity Disorders  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Photodermatitides
  • Photodermatitis

Note

  • a skin disease entity: does not mean sensitivity to light of eye, plants, bacteria, etc. ( = LIGHT)

Scope note

  • Abnormal responses to sunlight or artificial light due to extreme reactivity of light-absorbing molecules in tissues. It refers almost exclusively to skin photosensitivity, including sunburn, reactions due to repeated prolonged exposure in the absence of photosensitizing factors, and reactions requiring photosensitizing factors such as photosensitizing agents and certain diseases. With restricted reference to skin tissue, it does not include photosensitivity of the eye to light, as in photophobia or photosensitive epilepsy.

History note

  • 80; was PHOTOSENSITIZATION 1963-79

In other languages

  • valoherkkyyssairaudet

    Finnish

  • valoherkkyys
  • valoherkkyyshäiriöt
  • valoherkkyystaudit
  • valovauriot
  • valoyliherkkyys
  • valoyliherkkyyshäiriöt
  • valoyliherkkyyssairaudet
  • valoyliherkkyystaudit
  • Ljusöverkänslighet

    Swedish

  • Aktinisk dermatit
  • Fotodermatit
  • Fotosensibilisering
  • Kronisk aktinisk dermatit

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010787

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