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Prevention of Acanthosis nigricans:

Acanthosis nigricans can not be prevented if it is hereditary, if for instance ment is caused by obesity, can be controlled with weight loss, or the case are certain drugs, can be controlled leaving to take them.

It is important to see a doctor for an evaluation of their health, if you notice any change in skin tone (regardless of area).

Diagnosis and treatment of Acanthosis nigricans

Acanthosis nigricans can be diagnosed by observing the appearance of the skin and in some cases by skin biopsy. The doctor may order blood tests, endoscopy or X-rays to rule out underlying diabetes or cancer.

Has not been established what the best treatment of the skin lesions of acanthosis nigricans. Among the symptomatic treatments include topical antibiotics, retinoids (topical and systemic) and keratolytic.

Although Acanthosis nigricans is an inflammatory disorder, topical corticosteroids have been used very high power for its stultifying effect.

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Causes of Acanthosis nigricans

This disease can occur for various reasons, including:

- Genetic factors inherited from parents to children.

- Drug-induced, such as oral contraceptives or human growth hormone, used in treating diseases that cause developmental problems, such as Turner syndrome and Prader-Willy.

- Medical problems: it may be associated with other medical problems such as obesity, like many endocrine (hormonal), acanthosis nigricans may occur. Often occurs in people with diabetes, and severe cases can also occur with this condition in people with cancer in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts or with lymphoma.

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Types of acanthosis nigricans

• Miescher syndrome: hereditary benign and may appear at birth or during adolescence. Early lesions may show unilateral.

• Carteaud Gougerot syndrome: a benign and possibly inherited condition that affects young women.

• Pseudoacanthosis nigricans: This is the most common type. It is a benign juvenile form associated with obesity and endocrine disorders.

• Acanthosis evil: he named for the association with a highly aggressive internal malignancy and rapidly fatal course, particularly the gastrointestinal tract. The appearance of acanthosis nigricans to the search of a neoplasm, usually gastric in 69% of cases.

• Hirschowitz syndrome: family comprises a complete deafness developed in childhood, a progressive demyelination of the peripheral sensory nerves, loss of antral motility and multiple diverticula in the ileum.

• Syndromic Acanthosis nigricans: There are two types: A and B.

- Type A: appears in young women with signs of virilization or accelerated growth. It is also called HAIR-AN syndrome (hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans).

- Type B: Type B normally starts around age 40. The patients have acanthosis nigricans of varying severity. They showed an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, and in premenopausal women, an ovarian hyperandrogenism.

Although Acanthosis nigricans is a problem that only causes cosmetic embarrassment, its origin is associated with internal disorders or cardiovascular diseases responsible for internal cancers aggressive.

What is acanthosis nigricans?

Acanthosis nigricans (AN), also known as acanthosis nigricans, a dermatological lesion characterized by the presence of dark areas (plaques brown), thick and velvety, like elephant skin.

These plates appear in the folds and creases of the body, predominantly affecting the axillae, the inner surface of the forearm, side of neck, lower leg and umbilical area.

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