Photosensitivity Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Sunburn

This reaction is distinct from true photosensitivity. Photosensitivity is listed in the drug brochure for methotrexate. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cutaneous photosensitivity reactions require absorption of photon energy by molecules in the skin. [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]

Photosensitive reaction, Photosensitivity reaction (NOS), Photosensitivity reaction NOS, Reaction photosensitivity (NOS), Photosensitivity toxic reaction, Photosensitized [fpnotebook.com]

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Drug Eruptions

Besides piroxicam (a well-known photosensitizer) and carbamazepine, isoniazid and triflusal were identified as the causes of the reactions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] autoimmune blistering diseases, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, drug-induced acne, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, lichenoid drug eruptions and photosensitivity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] patients; other reactions being urticaria and angioedema,morbilliform rash in 37, pruritus in 25, Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) in 6, purpura in 6, exfoliative dermatitis in 5,photosensitivity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Duodenal Ulcer

Abstract Typical symptoms of duodenal ulcers include epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and shortness of breath. Here we present the case of a 39-year-old man who had a sudden onset of chest and epigastric pain following the use of recreational amphetamines. There were ST changes in the inferior leads[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Porphyria

The Diagnosis of Photosensitivity. Arch Dermatol. 2000;136(9):1152–1157. doi:10.1001/archderm.136.9.1152 Download citation file: 2019 New! [doi.org]

Abstract Many photosensitive patients are seen for consultation when they have no lesions, so a detailed history is important. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] uncommon; residual defects during latent periods include polyneuropathy in both conditions, ataxia and retinitis pigmentosa with night blindness in Refsum disease, [7] and photosensitive [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

The prevalence of serositis was also higher and photosensitivity less. [doi.org]

This photosensitivity can be accompanied by worsening of inflammation throughout the body, called a "flare" of the disease. [web.archive.org]

We reported two cases of SLE with psoriasis vulgaris with clinical manifestations as recurrent erythroderma with photosensitivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Acute Hepatic Porphyria

Differential diagnoses for variagate porphyria and hereditary coproporphyria also include photosensitivity. [orpha.net]

The majority of patients exhibit acute attacks, while 20% can also present with skin-related symptoms, such as photosensitivity and blistering skin lesions. [symptoma.com]

Photosensitivity may be controlled by avoiding exposure to light. Removal of the spleen is useful in some cases of the erythropoietic type of porphyria. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy Type 6

SIGNIFICANCE: Photosensitivity is an important feature in DS and seems to be a marker of the severity of the disorder. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

By five years of age, photosensitive myoclonic absence seizures had become his dominant seizure type, occurring up to 20 times per day. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Photosensitivity is reported in more than 40% of patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Photosensitivity may be controlled by avoiding exposure to light. Removal of the spleen is useful in some cases of the erythropoietic type of porphyria. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

The presence of fluorescent red cells (fluorocytes) in AIP is probably under-recognized since AIP is a hepatic porphyria and not associated with photosensitivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

[…] pathophysiology of primary generalized seizures and suggest that thalamo-premotor connections are both an essential part of epileptic networks and important in the pathogenesis of photosensitivity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Photosensitivity was assessed in a drug-naïve condition. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare inherited disease characterized by dermal photosensitivity due to the accumulation of photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Following sunlight exposure, the resulting photosensitivity is manifested first as pain, later as erythema, edema and dermal lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinically this manifests as photosensitivity with painful, edematous cutaneous porphyria. [journals.sagepub.com]

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Erythropoietic Porphyria

[…] activity of uroporphyrinogen III synthase and the accumulation of nonphysiologic isomer I porphyrin metabolites, resulting in ineffective erythropoiesis and devastating skin photosensitivity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pseudoporphyria, a drug induced bullous disorder with photosensitivity, is closely similar to CEP. [doi.org]

[…] extremely rare disease with mutation in the gene that codes for uroporphyrinogen III synthase leading to accumulation of porphyrin in different tissues and marked cutaneous photosensitivity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria

The disorder typically manifests during infancy or early childhood with extreme photosensitivity, skin fragility in sun-exposed areas, hypertrichosis, erythrodontia, and pink [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In a case of hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP) with unusual features, the patient had onset of photosensitivity in infancy, followed by spontaneous resolution of photosensitivity [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Most patients with HEP develop photosensitive eruptions during infancy or early childhood. [dx.doi.org]

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Variegate Porphyria

His cutaneous photosensitivity had been worsening for 3 years before the emergence of cholecystitis and it then gradually improved after cholecystectomy and ursodeoxycholic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 7-year-old Chilean boy presented with severe photosensitivity, blistering, erosions and scarring on sun-exposed areas of the body since the age of 6 months. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We describe a child who presented with nystagmus, developmental delay and ataxia, combined with a photosensitive eruption. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

The diagnosis of XP is considered when a young patient presents with marked photosensitivity, xerosis and multiple pigmented lesions. [doi.org]

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a genetic photosensitive disorder in which patients are highly susceptibe to skin cancers on the sun-exposed body sites. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Differential diagnosis There are other causes of photosensitivity - eg, congenital erythropoietic porphyria. [ 1 ] Other genetic conditions with photosensitivity due to defective [patient.info]

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Hydroa Vacciniforme

Photosensitization is a skin reaction due to the interaction between a photosensitizing substance in the skin and a determinate effective wavelength light radiation. [omicsonline.org]

Thirty-five patients with other photosensitive disorders were included as controls. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hydroa vacciniforme is a rare, chronic, photosensitive disorder manifested in childhood by recurrent vesicles that heal with scarring. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Contact Dermatitis

Four patients suffered from transient photosensitivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There are three major types of contact dermatitis: irritant, allergic, and photosensitive. [allergystore.com]

Some products cause a reaction only when they contact the skin and are exposed to sunlight (photosensitivity). [aacallergy.com]

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Lupus Erythematosus

Anti-Ro antibodies appear to relate to photosensitivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Anti‐Ro antibodies appear to relate to photosensitivity. Tumor necrosis factor α polymorphisms appear to be important in some variants of lupus with photosensitivity. [doi.org]

[ edit ] Photosensitivity is a known symptom of lupus, but its relationship to and influence on other aspects of the disease remain to be defined. [3] Causes of photosensitivity [en.wikipedia.org]

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Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

METHODS: We studied 19 photosensitive patients with IGE (16 women) showing a photoparoxysmal electroencephalographic (EEG) response (PPR). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy (IPOE) is an idiopathic localization-related epilepsy characterized by age-related onset, specific mode of precipitation, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

METHODS: We studied 15 photosensitive IGE patients showing a photoparoxysmal response (PPR) to IPS at 20Hz. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Photosensitive Epilepsy

This does not necessarily mean they have photosensitive epilepsy. How common is photosensitive epilepsy? [epilepsysociety.org.uk]

What is Photosensitive Epilepsy? [epilepsynl.com]

How Is Photosensitive Epilepsy Treated? [de.slideshare.net]

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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Systemic lupus erythematosus, of complex pathophysiology and pleomorphic clinical manifestations, is similar to PCT regarding photosensitivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Photosensitive skin Photosensitive skin rashes Photosensitivity Sensitivity to sunlight Skin photosensitivity Sun sensitivity [ more ] 0000992 Erythema 0010783 Hyperpigmentation [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Photosensitivity may be controlled by avoiding exposure to light. Removal of the spleen is useful in some cases of the erythropoietic type of porphyria. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Hartnup Disease

The minority of patients with symptoms (skin rashes and photosensitivity, neurological and psychiatric disturbances) may be affected throughout their lives. [symptoma.com]

Management and treatment Symptomatic subjects benefit from a high-protein diet, sunlight protection, and avoidance of photosensitizing drugs. [orpha.net]

Patients also should avoid other aggravating factors, such as photosensitizing drugs, as much as possible. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Cinchonism

[…] include flushed and sweaty skin, tinnitus, blurred vision, impaired hearing, confusion, reversible high-frequency hearing loss, headache, abdominal pain, rashes, lichenoid photosensitivity [academickids.com]

[…] skin, ringing of the ears ( tinnitus ), blurred vision, impaired hearing, confusion, reversible high-frequency hearing loss, headache, abdominal pain, rashes, lichenoid photosensitivity [wikidoc.org]

[…] entry for quinine ( ) Side effect of quinine for nocturnal cramps ( ) - letter printed in the British Medical Journal ( ) with a photograph of hands affected by lichenoid photosensitivity [academickids.com]

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Non-24 Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder

It happens because of the lack of photosensitive ganglion cells in the retina, without whom the hypothalamus gets no cue to synchronize the circadian rhythm to the daily 24 [countingsheep.net]

It generally follows shortly after loss or removal of a person’s eyes,[5] as the photosensitive ganglion cells in the retina are also removed. [psychology.wikia.org]

Scholar Crossref Medline ISI Hattar S, Liao HW, Takao M, Berson DM, and Yau KW ( 2002 ) Melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells: Architecture, projections, and intrinsic photosensitivity [doi.org]

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Actinic Keratosis

[…] resistant to other treatments; the most interesting feature of our case comes from the esthetic effects of the PDT employing a methyl-ester of 5-aminolevulinic acid as topical photosensitizer [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An established treatment option is photodynamic therapy (PDT), based on light, oxygen and a photosensitizer. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Instead, a local photosensitization of the application site was found up to 48 hours. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Kawasaki Disease

Symptoms and Signs Patients report itching; burning; a gritty, pulling, or foreign body sensation; or photosensitivity. [merckmanuals.com]

There are both photosensitive and nonphotosensitive forms of the disorder. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Typical symptoms include intermittent itching; burning; a gritty, pulling, or foreign body sensation; and photosensitivity. [merckmanuals.com]

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Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Common side effects of tetracycline include GI upset and photosensitivity. [nature.com]

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Familial Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy

EEG photosensitivity may persist after remission of seizures. [epilepsy.com]

Dementia Status epilepticus Absence seizures Atonic seizures Rare Symptoms - Less than 30% cases Dysmetria Progressive cerebellar ataxia Limb ataxia Eyelid myoclonus Spasticity Photosensitive [mendelian.co]

Capovilla and colleagues described eight children with photosensitive benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy and proposed that this was a subgroup of children with benign myoclonic [neurology.mhmedical.com]

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Drug-Induced Lupus Erythematosus

The cutaneous features of drug-induced SLE are protean, including particularly purpura, erythema nodosum and photosensitivity as well as the skin lesions characterizing both [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Skin findings are also less common in DILE compared to SLE, and DILE tends to be less photosensitive than SLE with the exception of drugs known to cause photosensitivity, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Other systemic features that can occur are fever, hepatomegaly, skin eruptions such as a rash or erythema, photosensitivity, splenomegaly, pericarditis, and the presence of [uspharmacist.com]

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Acne Vulgaris

Plasmonic nanoparticle-based hybrid photosensitizers with broadened excitation profile for photodynamic therapy of cancer cells. Sci. [futuremedicine.com]

[…] porphyrins in sebaceous glands and the efficacy of PDT in acne is believed to be related in part to a decrease in sebaceous gland activity following light activation of the photosensitizer [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Indocyanine green (ICG) is a photosensitizer recently introduced for the treatment of acne. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Rosacea

An antinuclear antibody test can be useful if photosensitivity is prominent. [doi.org]

With lower doses, adverse effects like headache, photosensitivity, diarrhoea and mucosal candidiasis are relatively uncommon. [doi.org]

Photosensitivity is the main adverse effect, and sun avoidance or sunscreens may be required, especially during the summer months. [doi.org]

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