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These are especially damaging to the skin and can lead to SSSS and a related, milder condition known as bullous impetigo.1
ETA and ETB act like scissors, cutting away proteins called desmoglein-3 that hold together the outermost layers of skin.
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William Truswell, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
Other causes of blisters include autoimmune health conditions such as bullous pemphigoid (when the immune system attacks the skin and causes blistering) and dermatitis herpetiformis (extremely itchy, red blisters in people with celiac disease).
—Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
The most common corneal endothelial cell disorders include Fuchs's endothelial corneal dystrophy, bullous keratopathy, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, and pseudoexfoliation syndrome keratopathy.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Six patients with bullous retinal detachment received half-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT).
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The lesions of monkeypox, bullous pemphigoid, and acne are very different in appearance, configuration, timing, and associated symptoms, although all three might impact your prom.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 22 May 2022
Emphysema is one of the diseases under the umbrella of COPD, and having emphysema can put you at higher risk for developing a condition called bullous lung disease.
—Alice Oglethorpe, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2020
In bullous disease, an area of a patient’s lung degenerates from either smoking damage or genetic predisposition, ballooning with air and compressing the adjacent lung tissue over time.
—W Roy Smythe, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2011
Such attempts to link bullous pemphigoid with monkeypox would be full of lesions.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 22 May 2022
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William Truswell, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
Other causes of blisters include autoimmune health conditions such as bullous pemphigoid (when the immune system attacks the skin and causes blistering) and dermatitis herpetiformis (extremely itchy, red blisters in people with celiac disease).
—Laura Schober, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
The most common corneal endothelial cell disorders include Fuchs's endothelial corneal dystrophy, bullous keratopathy, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy, and pseudoexfoliation syndrome keratopathy.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
Six patients with bullous retinal detachment received half-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT).
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The lesions of monkeypox, bullous pemphigoid, and acne are very different in appearance, configuration, timing, and associated symptoms, although all three might impact your prom.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 22 May 2022
Emphysema is one of the diseases under the umbrella of COPD, and having emphysema can put you at higher risk for developing a condition called bullous lung disease.
—Alice Oglethorpe, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2020
In bullous disease, an area of a patient’s lung degenerates from either smoking damage or genetic predisposition, ballooning with air and compressing the adjacent lung tissue over time.
—W Roy Smythe, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2011
Such attempts to link bullous pemphigoid with monkeypox would be full of lesions.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 22 May 2022
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“Bullous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullous. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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