Desiccation Eczema (Exsiccation Eczema): Examination

A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:

• General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
  • Inspection (viewing) of the entire skin!
    • Skin [skin florescences (skin lesions):
      • Partly scaly, partly excoriated erythema (“excoriated skin redness”) on dry skin.
      • Fine reticular cracks of the stratum corneum (craquelé-shaped torn, ie looks like cracked porcelain).
      • Scratch excoriations, i.e. substance defect of the skin caused by scratching, which extends into the stratum papillare of the skin.
      • Possibly small superficial hemorrhages
      • If necessary, dysesthesias (sensory disturbances)]
• Health check

Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.