Seborrhoea oleosa

Classification according to ICD-10
R23.8	Other and unspecified skin changes
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Seborrhoea oleosa ("oily sebum") is a form of seborrhea and describes a pathologically increased sebum production of the skin .

In the skin there is an increased production of the sweat and sebum glands , which usually results in an alkaline pH value . The moisture content of the skin is usually normal. The proportion of free fatty acids in the sebum composition is increased. Numerous skin impurities appear ( papules , pustules , milia , comedones ). Overall, the outward appearance results in a greasy-shiny texture of the skin and greasy-stringy hair.

literature

• Seborrhea. In: Edmund Lesser: Textbook of skin and sexually transmitted diseases. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 1914, pp. 139–141 ( Link )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alphabetical index to the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 795
2. ↑ Oily skin (seborrhea) , on Gesundheit.de. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
3. ^ Seborrhea , on medizinfo.de. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
4. ↑ E. Schwarz, HW Spier, G. Stüttgen (Ed.): Normal and Pathological Physiology of the Skin II . Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 1979, p. 314 (on Google Books )

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