Symptom: Orange skin
Orange skin: Orange coloring of the skin
Introduction: Orange skin coloring can result from various disorders. One common cause is overeating of dietary items that contain orange-colored beta-carotene (e.g. pumpkins, carrots) and this often causes orange skin from carotenemia in young infants newly introduced to solids. True orange skin color needs to be differentiated from yellow skin (such as jaundice), bronze skin (see hyperpigmentation), red skin, dark skin or other skin color changes; some causes of skin described as "orange" may possibly be listed under these areas. There are various possible causes of orange skin and any "orangeness" needs prompt professional medical investigation.
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Symptoms related to Orange skin: redness (48), blueness (33), cyanosis (33), dark skin (21), hyperpigmentation (9), skin color changes (129)
Orange skin type of: Skin color changes (129)
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Possible causes of symptom: Orange skin: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Orange skin as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Carotenemia - causes orange skin
- Beta-carotene dietary excess - causes orange skin
- Hemochromatosis - may cause bronze skin
- Jaundice - usually causes yellow skin rather than orange skin
- Hyperpigmentation
- See also yellow skin, dark skin, red skin, or other skin color changes
Conditions listing symptoms: Orange skin: The following list of conditions have 'Orange skin' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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