Word: erythema
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...glowing popularity of wood-burning stoves may be bringing back a skin complaint virtually unknown in the U.S. since the arrival of central heating: erythema abigne, literally redness of the skin from fire. Dermatologists warn that prolonged or repeated exposure to intense heat can cause permanent web-patterned skin discolorations, ranging in shade from pink to brown. (Habitual use of very hot water bottles and heating pads can lead to the same problem.) Dr. Stephen Stone of Springfield, Ill., had one patient whose upper back, shoulder to shoulder, was crisscrossed by marks resulting from sitting too near a wood-burning...
...areas. These cases suggest that the disease may have been misdiagnosed or overlooked in the past and may actually be widespread. In fact, in the latest issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, the Yale doctors point out that European doctors have long known of a tick-borne infection called erythema chronicum migrans; it is characterized by a similar reddening, although it has so far never been associated with arthritis. Now the Yale researchers will concentrate on finding the culprit, presumably a tick-borne virus. That should lead to a better understanding of-if not a cure for -Lyme arthritis...
...Enright decided that it was erythema infectiosum, literally, "infectious blushing," also called fifth disease.* The Kaufmans were not alone. Soon hundreds of fresh cases were reported, most from "the big island" but many also from Oahu...
...Doctors once numbered "primary specific fevers" of childhood (scarlet fever, measles, German measles) and called Duke's disease (no longer recognized) the "fourth disease." They made infectious blushing the fifth. It is not to be confused with "erythema of the ninth day," a reaction to arsenical drugs...
...baffling epidemic in Dundee was reported in the same issue of the Lancet. Women were turning up at doctors' offices suffering from bullous erythema (reddish blisters) on their legs. The doctors wondered: Was it due to chemical burns? To a new skin disease? Dr. John Kinnear, of the Dundee Royal Infirmary, discovered and pondered the fact that all the women had been riding the same tram line. Dr. Kinnear inspected and confirmed a suspicion: bedbugs...