Skin Manifestations of Chronic Acidosis
- 1 March 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 77 (3) , 304-313
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1958.01560030050008
Abstract
The literature contains a number of references to the skin changes in chronic renal disease. The opinions regarding the cause of these skin changes are varied. Fishberg2 considers the typical dryness of the skin in the uremic patient as due not primarily to nitrogen retention but rather to a compensatory polyuria leading to dehydration of all tissues, including the skin. Rosenthal,6 in an intensive histological study of uremic dermatitis, demonstrated that the urea in the skin was directly proportioned to the urea in the blood. The purpose of this report is to call attention to the syndrome of dryness, scaling, and itching of the skin with loss of hair, particularly on the arms and legs, which is associated with chronic acidosis and is, at least partly, reversible with proper therapy. All sodium and potassium determinations were performed with a Barkley flame photometer, with useKeywords
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