Skin

Acne

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• high Iodine

• low Potassium

• low Vitamin A

• high or low Vitamin B6

• high Vitamin B12

• high Vitamin E

• low Zinc

Atrophy

• low Riboflavin (localized)

Brown Mottling

• low Folic acid
  (nape extending to the neck, axillae and lateral abdominal areas)

• low Protein-Calorie (cheeks)

• low Vitamin B12
  (nape extending to the neck, axillae and lateral abdominal areas)

Bullae (large vesicles)

• low Niacin (pellagra)

Casal's Necklace (a reddish-purple, scaly band or collar of dermatosis running around the neck and down the sternum)

• low Niacin (pellagra)

Dermatosis

• high Chromium

• low Copper

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• Niacin (pellagra)
  vesicles, blisters, fissures and scales (primarily seen in areas exposed to light or chronically irritated)

• low Protein ("flaky-paint")

• low Riboflavin (scrotal)

• high Selenium

• low Sodium

• high vitamin A (facial)

• low Zinc (severe)
      bullous and pustular

Eczematoid Lesions

• low Calcium

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• low Inositol

• low Pantothenic Acid

• low Zinc (severe)
      distal distribution (face, hands, feet, anogenital

Edema (smoothness due to fluid retention)

• low Magnesium

• low Niacin (pellagra)
      with scaly desquamation followed by a wizened, glazed skin

• low Potassium

• low Protein
      Pitting edema

• high Sodium

• low Thiamine (beriberi)
      Pitting edema

• high Vitamin A

• low Vitamin B6

• low Vitamin C (scurvy)
      Firm, painful edema sometimes with pigmentary alterations that resemble scleroderma

Erythema (redness)

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)
      Glazed erythema around the nose, eyes and ears

• low Niacin (pellagra)(early)
      with burning and pruritis (especially nose and cheekbones)
      Ears are silvery.  Often better in the winter.

• low Thiamine (beriberi)(mild)

• high Vitamin A

Exanthema (eruptions)

• hihg Iodine

• high Niacin

• high Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

• high Vitamin A

Flushing

• high Niacin

• high Magnesium

• high Thiamine

Hyperhydrosis (excess sweatiness)

• high S-Adenosyl-methionine (SAMe)

• high Choline

• high Thiamine

• low Vitamin D (scalp only)

• high Zinc

Hyperkeratosis (skin thickened, dry and wrinkled)

• low Protein-Calorie

• low Vitamin A

Hyperkeratosis, Perifollicular ("gooseflesh"; "sharkskin")

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• low Protein-Calorie

• low Riboflavin

• low Vitamin A

• low Vitamin C (scurvy)
      with fragmented corkscrew-like hairs buried in a hyperkeratotic follicle with perifollicular hemorrhages within the hyperkeratotic areas on the posterior side of the thighs, on the anterior side of the forearms, and on the abdomen

Hyperpigmentation

• low Folic Acid especially palms and soles

• high Niacin

• low Niacin (pellagra)(late)
      also hard, rough and cracked with a marginated darker edge (due to fibrous deposition)

• low Protein-Calorie

• low Riboflavin (scrotal or vular area)

• Vitamin B12 especially palms and soles

Icterus

• high Vitamin A

• low Vitamin B12

Night Sweats

• high Vitamin A

Pallor

• low Biotin (rare)

• low Copper

• low Folic Acid (lemon-yellow)

• low Iron

• low Vitamin B12 (lemon-yellow)

• high Vitamin D

Pressure Sores

• low Protein-Calorie

Pruritis

• high Niacin

• high Selenium

• high Thiamine

• high Vitamin A

Purpura (bleeding into the skin)

• high Vitamin A

• low Vitamin C (scurvy)
      especially at a site of trauma, pressure, or irritation, such as on the buttock or the posterior side of the thighs

• low Vitamin K

Rash, Brownish-Red

• low Niacin (pellagra)
      Papules on the dorsum of the hands which may be pruriginous (itchy)

Seborrheic Dermatosis (eczema; a scaly eruption covered with a slightly adherent oily scale)

• low Biotin (rare)

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• low Riboflavin
      (around the nose, eyes and ears)

• low Thiamine

• low Vitamin B6 (rare)
      (around the nose, eyes and ears)

• low Zinc
      (around the nose, eyes and ears)

Slate Grey

• high iron

Thickening

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

Ulcerations

• low Vitamin C (scurvy) (late)

Vitiligo

• low Copper

• high Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

Xerosis (dryness)

• low Biotin (rare)(greyish) with scaly desquamation

• low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

• low Iron  
       (around the nose, eyes and ears)

• low Potassium

• low Protein-Calorie

• low Riboflavin

• high Vitamin A (acute) with scaly desquamation

• low Vitamin A with roughness.
      Changes are prominent on the extensor surface of the limbs, the back, the posterior neck, and the shoulders.

• low Zinc (moderate) with glazed erythema around the nose, eyes and ears

Yellow-Orange Color especially in palms, soles and nasolabial folds (sclerae remain clear, in contrast to jaundice)

• high Beta-Carotene

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