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Keloid Learning Center

Symptoms could include:
A skin lesion that is: Flesh-colored, red, or pink; Located over the site of a wound or injury; The lesion may itch while it is forming and growing.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 3, 2008
Although the cause of keloids is unknown, it is thought that they are due to the body's failure to turn off the healing process needed to repair skin. When this occurs, extra collagen forms at the site of the scar, and keeps forming because it is ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A skin lesion is a superficial growth or patch of the skin that does not resemble the area surrounding it.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Nodules are solid, raised bumps in or under the skin that are wider than 10 millimeters.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 28, 2008
Itching is a tingling or irritation of the skin that makes you want to scratch the affected area.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 22, 2008
Itching is an intense, distracting irritation or tickling sensation that may be felt all over the skin's surface or confined to just one area. The medical term for itching is pruritus.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Itching, also called pruritus, is an unpleasant sensation of the skin that causes a person to scratch or rub the area to find relief. Itching can be confined to one spot (localized) or over the whole body (generalized). Severe scratching can injur...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Itching is an intense, distracting irritation or tickling sensation that may be felt all over the skin's surface or confined to just one area. The medical term for itching is pruritus.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Itching is an intense, distracting irritation or tickling sensation that may be felt all over the skin's surface, or confined to just one area. The medical term for itching is "pruritus."
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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