in biology and medicine. A good medical dictionary can help you learn the language so you can better understand ichthyosis and carry on meaningful discussions with medical professionals. Keeping a small notebook with all your questions and the answers from medical professionals can help you better understand what is happening to your child and enable you to ask intelligent questions when there is something you don’t understand.
Your doctors may be nearly as unfamiliar with ichthyosis as you are. Your high level of interest, knowledge, and commitment can foster the same in him or her. You may need to rely on yourself at times so the more you know and understand, the better choices you can make for your child.
THE ICHTHYOSES & RELATED SKIN TYPES
Autosomal dominant lamellar ichthyosis
Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (neutral lipid storage disease)
CHILD syndrome (unilateral hemidysplasia)
Conradi-Hünermann Happle syndrome (X-linked chondrodysplasia punctata syndrome)
Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma (CIE, nonbullous CIE)
Darier disease (keratosis follicularis)
Epidermal nevus syndrome
Epidermolytic ichthyosis (EI; bullous CIE)
Erythrokeratodermias (E. progressiva symmetrica, E. variabilis & E. heimalis)
Harlequin ichthyosis (harlequin fetus)
Hailey-Hailey disease (familial pemphigus)
Ichthyosis en confetti (ichthyosis with white spots)
Ichthyosis hystrix (Curth-Maklin type)
Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans
KID syndrome (keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness)
Lamellar ichthyosis (recessive)
Multiple sulfatase deficiency
Netherton syndrome (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
Palmoplantar deratoderma (various types)
Peeling skin syndrome
Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris
Recessive X-linked ichthyosis (steroid sulfatase deficiency)
Refsum disease (phytanic acid storage type)
Trichothiodystrophy (Tay Syndrome; IBIDS syndrome)
This information is provided as a service to patients and parents of patients who have ichthyosis. It is not intended to supplement appropriate medical care, but instead to complement that care with guidance in practical issues facing patients and parents. Neither FIRST, its Board of Directors, Medical & Scientific Advisory Board, Board of Medical Editors, nor Foundation staff and officials endorse any treatments or products reported here. All issues pertaining to the care of patients with ichthyosis should be discussed with a dermatologist experienced in the treatment of their skin disorder.