What is Seborrhea?

What is Seborrhea?
 
Seborrhea

Seborrhea is a skin disease that occurs with impaired secretion of fatty skin secretion. Causes of seborrhea are disorders of the function of the sexual glands, impaired nervous system activity, metabolic disorders such as gout, obesity, liver disease, gastrointestinal tract. Seborrhea is most pronounced on the face, nose, forehead, cheeks, beard, hair of the head, chest, under the arms, under the chest and in the groin. Usually starts at adolescence and in puberty. The condition can be sustained for a long time, with periods of lull and exacerbation. Patients' skin is a good soil for various infections. Comedones, milia, youth pimples - in puberty are easy to come by. After puberty - baldness, pimples, rosacea. In old age - warts.
 
Kinds
 
Oily seborrhea
Most often it appears on the skin of the face, hair of the head and chest. It is characterized by the increased excretion of skin fat, which is liquid due to its high oleic acid content. The skin of the face is dark gray in color and looks like an orange peel.
 
Dry seborrhea
Pink patches appear in pink on the skin. Their surface is covered with whitish scales, the so-called. lichens.
 
Mixed seborrhea
Cases of mixed seborrhea may occur. In such cases, oily seborrhea appears on the skin of the nose, forehead, chin, and dry on the cheeks and scalp. One form is likely to go into the other.                                                                                       
                                                                                     
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