Acanthosis Nigricans Symptoms

Skin Care – Acanthosis Nigricans (III)

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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