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• Actinic keratoses (solar keratoses)

  Find out more about actinic keratoses, which are patches of skin that have been damaged by the sun.

• Warts and verrucas

  Warts and verrucas are small lumps on the skin.

• Epidermolysis bullosa

  Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a general term used to describe a group of rare, inherited skin disorders that cause the skin to become very fragile.

• MRSA

  Find out about MRSA, which is a bacteria that usually lives harmlessly on the skin but can cause a serious infection if it gets inside the body.

• Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)

  Find out about hidradenitis suppurativa, a painful, long-term skin condition that causes abscesses and scarring on the skin.

• Jaundice

  NHS information about jaundice, where the skin and the whites of the eyes turn yellow.

• Boils

  Read more about boils and carbuncles, which are red, painful lumps on the skin that are usually caused by a bacterial infection.

• Pyoderma gangrenosum

  Find out about pyoderma gangrenosum, a rare skin condition that causes painful ulcers.

• Diphtheria

  Diphtheria is a potentially fatal contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the nose and throat, and sometimes the skin.

• Discoid eczema

  Read about discoid eczema (nummular or discoid dermatitis), a long-term (chronic) skin condition that causes the skin to become itchy, reddened, dry and cracked