What Is Calciphylaxis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
6. Skin Lesions
The main symptom of calciphylaxis, and perhaps the most distressing, is severe skin lesions. The lesions will usually start on the lower parts of the body. Fatty areas such as the buttocks, abdomen, and breasts are also among the first affected. The lesions will take a long time to heal, if they heal at all.
These lesions can become painful ulcers. What makes them a real problem is that the open wounds are prone to infection, and the infections can be severe. Indeed, fatalities from calciphylaxis are often down to severe infections. In many cases, there is a constant battle to try and keep the patient as free from infection as possible.
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