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Symptom: Sores

Sores: Sores affecting the skin.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Sores:

Possible causes of symptom: Sores (34 conditions)

Medical conditions causing symptom: Sores (55 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Sores (12 conditions)

Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:

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Types of Sores: pus (8), blisters (30)
Sores type of: Skin symptoms (226)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Possible causes of symptom: Sores: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Sores as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Blisters
Skin ulcers (type of Ulcer)
Canker sores
Boils
Bedsores
Cold sores
Insect causes include:
- Insect bite
- Insect sting
- Pediculosis
Infections of other skin conditions:
- Dermatitis
- Eczema
Systemic medical conditions causing sores, blisters or skin ulcers:
Infections causing sores or blisters:
- Herpes
- Shinkles
- Warts
- Chicken pox
- Melioidosis
See also blisters

Conditions listing symptoms: Sores: The following list of conditions have 'Sores' 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.

A

African Sleeping sickness ... red sore

B

Bedsores ... skin ulcers

Boil ... pus head appears on the boil, burst boil, boil on skin

Bubonic plague ... blister at flea bite site

Burns ... open wounds, skin blistering

C

Cancer ... Poorly healing skin sore

Candidiasis ... small blisters

Canker sores ... lip ulcers

Carbuncle ... boils, group of boils, skin abscess

Cellulitis ... blisters

Cercarial dermatitis ... small blisters

Chickenpox ... itchy blisters, scabbing of blisters, blister-like rash

Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... boils

Cold sores ... lip ulcers

Congenital syphilis ... skin sores

Connective tissue disorders ... blistered skin

Contact dermatitis ... skin blisters

D

Dermatitis ... blisters

Dermatitis herpetiformis ... blistering skin rash

Diabetes ... skin boils, skin ulcers

E

East African Trypanosomiasis ... red sore

Eczema ... blistered patches, blisters, weeping spots

Epidermolysis bullosa ... skin blistering

Erysipelas ... pus-filled blisters

Erythema multiforme ... blisters

F

Frostbite ... local blisters

G

Genital herpes ... episodic recurrent outbreaks of sores interspersed with remission periods, sores, blisters

Glanders ... pus-forming skin infections

Granuloma inguinale ... skin ulcers

H

Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... skin abscesses

I

Impetigo ... blisters

Incontinentia Pigmenti ... spiral lines of small fluid-filled blisters

L

Leishmaniasis ... raised edge sores, skin sores

Leukemia ... skin sores

M

Melioidosis ... skin abscesses

Mouth ulcers ... lip ulcers

Mycosis fungoides ... skin ulcers

N

Necrotizing fasciitis ... blisters

O

Orf ... blisters

P

Pediculosis ... body sores

Pemphigus ... blisters, skin ulcers, skin blisters

Plague ... blister at flea bite site

Porphyria ... skin blisters

Psoriasis ... skin blisters

S

SCID ... cold sores

Shingles ... semicircular one-sided skin blister rash, small yellow skin blisters, skin blisters

Sickle Cell Anemia ... skin ulcers

Sporotrichosis ... open sores (ulcerations), boil-like lesions

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... skin blisters

Syphilis ... small brown sores

T

Tinea ... blisters

Type 2 diabetes ... skin ulcers

V

Vibrio vulnificus ... blistering skin lesions

W

Wegener's granulomatosis ... skin ulcers, skin blisters

West African Trypanosomiasis ... red sore

Conditions listing complications: Sores: The following list of conditions have 'Sores' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.