Travel-related skin conditions

Papules

• insect bites- cluster or linear distribution
• Scabies
• Seabathers Eruption
  • confined to skin covered by swim suit
  • jellyfish larvae trapped under cloth
• Cercarial dermatitis
  • skin exposed to freshwater schistosomes or coastal water clam diggers itch

Sub Q Swelling and Nodules

• Myasis
• Tungiasis
• Loa loa
• Trypanosomiasis

Ulcers

• Pyoderma/ ecthyma- secondary staph cellulitits post bite
• Leishmaniasis
• Mycobacterium marinum

Linear and Migratory Lesions

• Cutaneous Larvae Migrans]]- by soil contact with dog/ cat feces
• Photodermatitis

See Also

Travel Medicine