What skin diseases are contagious?

It is generally believed that dermatosis is a disease that occurs on the surface of the skin, but it is not. Scientifically speaking, dermatosis is a general term for diseases that occur in skin and skin accessory organs. The skin is the largest organ of the human body, because it occupies the largest area of the body, so if you are not careful, there will be various skin diseases harassing people.

There are not only many kinds of skin diseases, but also many visceral diseases can be manifested on the skin. The causes of skin diseases are very complicated. Bacterial skin infections are often contagious, which not only affects people's health, but also causes panic and social discrimination. With the improvement of people's living standards and the progress of science and technology, infectious skin diseases such as leprosy have been obviously controlled worldwide. Moreover, other internal and external factors that cause skin diseases, such as biology, endocrine and immunity, have been paid more and more attention.

After many people get skin diseases, sometimes because those skin diseases are too similar, patients can't distinguish clearly, and indiscriminate medication will make the condition worse. What are the classifications of skin diseases?

Viral dermatoses: herpes simplex, herpes zoster and wart are more common, and there are many kinds of warts, such as verruca vulgaris, plantar wart, molluscum contagiosum, condyloma acuminatum, chickenpox, rubella, hand, foot and mouth disease, etc.

2. Bacterial dermatosis: Because it is a bacterial infection, we must pay more attention to it in our daily life. Common bacterial skin diseases include pustulosis, folliculitis, furuncle, carbuncle, cellulitis, erysipelas and leprosy.

3. Fungal dermatoses: generally caused by fungal infections, such as tinea capitis, tinea corporis and tinea cruris, tinea manus and pedis, onychomycosis and tinea versicolor.

4. Dermatosis caused by animals: Sometimes it is because of too much contact with animals, or people who are allergic to animals are prone to infection, such as scabies, mite dermatitis, paederus dermatitis, lice, insect claws or bites.

5. Sexually transmitted diseases: such as syphilis, gonorrhea and condyloma acuminatum.

6. Allergic and autoimmune skin diseases: If human immunity is too low, such skin diseases are prone to occur, such as contact dermatitis, eczema, urticaria, etc. Allergic cutaneous vasculitis, drug dermatitis, anaphylactic shock, etc.

7. Physical dermatosis: It has a great relationship with people's daily living environment, such as strong ultraviolet sunshine and cold. The common diseases are solar dermatosis, summer dermatitis, miliaria, chilblain, corns, chapped hands and feet, pressure sores and so on.

8. Neurofunctional dermatosis: This kind of dermatosis is stubborn, because it involves nerves, so it is also difficult to treat, including itching, neurodermatitis, parasitic paranoia and so on.

There are many kinds of skin diseases, and you will make mistakes if you are not careful. You must go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment.