What may increase your risk for a problem from a blister?
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What may increase your risk for a problem from a blister?
Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medications, and diseases interfere with your body's ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at risk for a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- Chronic skin conditions, such as psoriasis or eczema
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Severe malnutrition
- Surgery to remove the spleen
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
- High-risk sexual behavior
- Smoking or other tobacco use
Medications
- Antibiotics, such as penicillins or sulfonamides
- Chemotherapy or radiation therapy
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medications to prevent organ transplant rejection
Diseases
- Any disease that has caused blisters in the past
- Cancer
- Decreased blood flow (venous insufficiency or peripheral arterial disease)
- Diabetes
- Eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia
- Heart disease
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease, such as hepatitis or cirrhosis
- Malabsorption syndromes
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Sickle cell disease
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Alexander H. Murray, MD, FRCPC - Dermatology |
| Last Updated | May 8, 2007 |
| Last updated: | May 08, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Alexander H. Murray, MD, FRCPC - Dermatology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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