• It protects you from bacteria and virus.
• It helps you perceive the external world, if its cold or hot, wet or dry.
• Regulates the temperature of the human body. 

 

The diseases that irritates, obstruct or inflame the skin can cause symptoms such as: redness, swelling, burning and itching.  Allergies, irritants, genetic constitution, some diseases and the immunological system can cause dermatitis, rashes and other skin affections.  Many skin problems such as acné, also alters your physical appearance.  

 

In Las American Medical Centers, we care for the knowledge of human skin and the diseases that affects it, as well as the proper methods to prevent them. 
 

 

Our skin specialists has a wide general medicine knowledge, due to their clinical complexity.  
  

Treating skin problems also includes the usage of special techniques, such as topical pharmacological treatment as well as the application of certain methods such as cryotherapy, phototerapy, ionizing radiations of low penetration and, by all means, surgical methods including biopsies.

Common Skin Disorders  

 

There are many common skin disorder diseases that requires the clinical care of a specialized professional.  You should always consult a specialist.

 

 

Any person who suffers a cut in the skin is at risk that it becomes infected.  However, certain conditions or diseases increase the risk of infection including the following:

• Diabetes (which causes a decreased skin blood flow)
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS that causes a depressed immunological system that cannot fight the skin infections.
• Damaged skin by sun burn or scratches.

The following bacterial skin infections can be commonly found:

• The Impetigo
  
• The Cellulitis
• The Scarlet Fever
• The Folliculitis
  
• Skin Boils
• Anthrax  
• The Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
   

Skin fungi lives in the superficial layer of the skin of the humid zones of the human body, as for example, between the toes, in the groin, under the breasts and in the diaper zone.  Some fungi infections only cause a mild irritation. Other types of fungal infections penetrate deeper and can cause itching, swelling, blistering and peeling. In some cases, these infections leads to reactions in other parts of the body. 

 

There are different types of fungal skin infections:

• Candidiasis
• Tinea 
• Tinea Versicolor

 

Viral Skin Infections

Immunizations have reduced the number of cases of measles, mumps, chickenpox and Rubel.  These are skin eruptions with their own patterns, which helps the clinical diagnosis of the virus. 

 

We can find the following between the most common skin eruptions: 

• The Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
• Pityriasis Rosea 
• The Warts 
• The Contagious Mollusk
  

Parasite Skin Infections

 

Skin parasites use to be small worms or insects that gets introduced into the skin, where they live and place their eggs, for example:

• The Scabies
• The Lice