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Impetigo is a skin infection caused by Staphylococcus or Streptococcus, which is characterized by the formation of small blisters filled with pus (pustules). 
 
The disease mostly affects children and can occur anywhere on the body, although often it does so in the face, arms and legs. The blisters can be the size of a pea or as large rings. Impetigo may follow an injury or a disease that causes an injury to the skin, like a fungal infection, burns from the sun or an insect bite. Impetigo may also affect the normal skin, especially the legs of children.  Continue Reading

 Diagnosis
 At the beginning of diagnosis can be uncertain because many other diseases can pursue with scaly plaques and the like. As the advancing psoriasis, doctors can easily recognize his characteristic pattern of peeling, so that, in general, we do not need to do diagnostic tests. However, to confirm the diagnosis, the doctor can perform a skin biopsy (a sample of skin removed for examination under a microscope).
 
 Treatment
 When a person presents only a few plaques, psoriasis responds quickly to treatment. Using ointments and skin creams lubricants (emollients) once or twice a day can keep hydrated. Ointments containing corticosteroids are very effective and its effect may be even greater if you apply after the area is covered with cellophane. The creams with vitamin D also are effective in many patients. Continue Reading

Psoriasis is a chronic and recurrent illness that is recognized by their blooms and silvery scaly plaques of various sizes (papules bulky). 
 
The peeling occurs because of a growth and an abnormally high production of skin cells. It is unknown the cause of this rapid cell growth, but it is believed that the immune mechanisms have an important role. The disease tends to affect several members of one family. The psoriasis is common and affects 2 to 4 per cent of the white population, the ethnic black are less affected. Psoriasis often starts in individuals between 10 and 40 years, but can occur at any age. Continue Reading

 A call is a zone of the top of the skin, the stratum corneum layer or keratin, which becomes abnormally thick and forms a protective pad in response to repeated friction.
 
 The calluses can form in any part of the body but usually appear over an area of bony hands, the feet and elbows or other areas that brushed repeatedly, as violinists in the chin. Continue Reading

The top layer of skin called stratum corneum, or keratin, is composed of several layers of flat dead cells and acts as a barrier that protects the underlying fabric of possible injuries and infections. By reducing evaporation, the oils of this skin layer helps to maintain moisture in the deeper layers, maintaining the texture of the skin soft and supple.
 
 The stratum corneum is only part of the epidermis, a thin layer of skin that covers almost the entire body. In some areas, like the palms of the hands and feet of plants, the skin is thick and the stratum corneum provides extra protection against impacts and abrasions. The skin can also be thick and hard in areas too dry.
 
 The diseases of the upper layers of skin concern to the stratum corneum and the deeper layers of skin and can cause discomfort from a temporary grave until chronic disorders.