What is Ichthyosis?

Ichthyosis and related keratinization disorders

The term "ichthyosis" originally comes from the Greek language and is derived from "fish". Therefore the disease named today as ichthyosis is sometimes termed in Germany also "fishlike scaling diseases". However, the German term "Fischschuppenerkrankung/fishlike scaling disease" is better avoided as the scales of those affected by ichthyosis do not really look like the scales of fish. Therefore it is better to use the Latin (medical) term ichthyosis. The first written medical reports about persons suffering from ichthyosis date to the 18th century in the English language. However, ichthyoses are definitely not "new" diseases they belong to human mankind and exist as long as humans exist. more...

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