Atrophia Cutis.
(Synonyms: Atrophoderma; Atrophy of the Skin.)
What do you understand by atrophy of the skin?
By atrophy of the skin is meant an idiopathic or symptomatic wasting or degeneration of its component elements.
State the several conditions met with.
Glossy skin, general idiopathic atrophy of the skin, parchment skin, atrophic lines and spots, senile atrophy, and the atrophy following certain cutaneous diseases.
Describe glossy skin (atrophoderma neuriticum), and state the treatment.
Glossy skin is a rare condition following an injury or disease of the nerve. It is usually seen about the fingers. The skin is hairless, faintly reddish, smooth and shining, with a varnished and thin appearance, and with a tendency to fissuring. More or less severe and persistent burning pain precedes and accompanies the atrophy.
Protective applications are called for, the disease tending slowly to spontaneous disappearance.
Describe general idiopathic atrophy of the skin, and give the treatment.