Paleness
Paleness: Introduction
Further information about Paleness is below, or review more specific
information about these types of Paleness:
White fingers, Whitening, White Nails, White patches, Hypopigmentation
or other types.
Several severe illnesses lead to general pallor of the body
ranging from anemia to leukemia to heart conditions.
Localized pallor can also occur in areas of poor circulation
such as the hands and fingers in Raynaud's phenomenon.
Paleness of the skin needs to be distinguished from other symptoms
such as whitening of the skin or hypopigmentation (loss of skin pigment).
Any form of paleness or pallor needs medical investigation....more »
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Causes of Paleness:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Paleness.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
See full list of 536
causes of Paleness
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Paleness
Home medical tests possibly related to Paleness:
Causes of Types of Paleness:
Review the causes of these more specific types of Paleness:
Review causes of types of Paleness in more specific categories:
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types for Paleness
Paleness: Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Paleness, as listed in our database.
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Paleness Treatments
Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Paleness may include:
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Stories from Users for Paleness
Real-life user stories relating to Paleness:
Message Boards for Paleness
Symptom specific forums:
The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards
relate to Paleness or relevant symptoms:
Diagnostic tests for Paleness:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Paleness. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Look for signs of anemia - e.g. pallor of skin, pallor of nail beds and sclera of eyes.
- Look for signs of heart failure including low blood pressure, increased pulse rate, heart murmur, crackles in lungs and swollen ankles
- Looking for possible causes of anemia - e.g. signs of chronic liver failure, neurological signs suggesting possible pernicious anemia.
- Examine for enlarged thyroid which may indicate presence of thyroid disease associated with vitiligo
- more tests...»
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diagnostic tests for Paleness
Paleness: Animations
More Paleness animations & videos
Medications or substances causing Paleness:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Paleness as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
See full list of 37
medications causing Paleness
Drug interactions causing Paleness:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Paleness as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and overripe bananas interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Acutrim Late Day Strength Appetite Suppressant interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Acutrim II Maximum Strength Appetite Suppressant interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Acutrim 16 Hour Steady Control Appetite Suppressant interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Actifed Plus interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Actifed Sinus Daytime/Nighttime interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Actifed Syrup interaction
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Advil cold and Sinus interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Paleness
Paleness: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
for Paleness may include these symptoms:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:
Causes of Similar Symptoms to Paleness
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Paleness:
Assessment Questionnaire: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the
symptom: Paleness. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic
tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not
be performed depending on the suspected condition)
Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is
important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an
accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all
medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any
specialist you see.
Create your printable checklist here.
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listings)
Paleness: Deaths
Read more about causes and Paleness deaths.
Misdiagnosis and Paleness
Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder
called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed.
Women with the...read more »
Anemia undiagnosed in pregnancy: The onset of anemia (low red blood cells) in pregnancy is sometimes overlooked,
despite it being a well-known complication of pregnancy.
The problem may be that the...read more »
Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer
from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis).
See symptoms of Vitamin B12...read more »
Read more about Misdiagnosis and Paleness
Paleness: Research Related Doctors & Specialists
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Paleness: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
Organs affected by Paleness:
The list of organs typically affected by Paleness may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Paleness
The list below shows some of the causes of Paleness mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Paleness
How Common are these Causes of Paleness?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Paleness.
Of the 536
causes of Paleness that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 5
causes are "very common" diseases
- 8
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 4
causes are "rare" diseases
- 20
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 515
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 536
causes of Paleness
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Paleness:
The following list of conditions
have 'Paleness' 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.
Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which
include a symptom of Paleness or choose View All.
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- Abdominal Aneurysm
... pale skin
- Abdominal Cancer
... pale skin
- Acanthocytosis
... pallor
- Achrestic anemia
... pallor
- Acquired Aplastic Anemia
... pallor
- Acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anaemia
... pallor
- Acquired prothrombin complex deficiency
... pallor
- Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia
... pallor
- Acute biphenotypic leukemia
... pallor
- Acute cholinergic dysautonomia
... pallor
- Acute erythroleukemia
... pallor
- Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage
... pallor
- Acute megacaryoblastic leukemia
... pallor
- Acute meningitis
... Pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 1
... pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 2
... pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 3
... pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 4
... pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 5
... pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 6
... pallor
- Acute myeloblastic leukemia type 7
... pallor
- Acute myelocytic leukemia
... pallor
- Acute myelofibrosis
... pallor
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to alkylating agent
... pallor
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes related to topoisomerase type II inhibitor
... pallor
- Acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, therapy related
... pallor
- Acute myeloid leukemia
... Pallor
- Acute myeloid leukemia, adult
... pallor
- Acute non lymphoblastic leukemia
... pallor
- Acute panmyelosis
... pallor
- Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome
... pallor
- Adenosine triphosphatase deficiency, anaemia due to
... pallor
- Adrenal adenoma, familial
... pallor
- Adrenal Cancer
... pallor
- Adrenal gland hyperfunction
... pallor
- Adrenal hemorrhage, neonatal
... pallor
- Adrenal hypertension
... pale skin
- Adrenal incidentaloma
... pallor
- Adrenal medulla neoplasm
... pallor
- Albinism
... Pale skin
- Albinism deafness syndrome
... partial albinism
- Alcohol-induced hypertension
... pale skin
- ALL-Down syndrome
... pallor
- Allergic tension-fatigue syndrome
... pallor
- Alpha thalassemia
... pale skin
- Alpha thalassemia -- Hemoglobin H disease
... pale skin
- Alpha thalassemia major
... pale skin
- Alpine syndrome
... pale skin
- Amphetamine abuse
... pallor
- Amphetamine-induced hypertension
... pale skin
- Anaphylaxis
... pallor
- Anemia
... pallor
- Anemia of pregnancy
... pallor
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Warm Antibody
... paleness
- Anemia, hypochromic microcytic
... pallor
- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
... pallor
- Anemia, Neonatal
... pallor
- Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts
... pallor
- Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts, type 1
... pallor
- Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts, type 2
... pallor
- Anemias, Sideroblastic
... pallor
- Anisocytosis
... pale skin
- Aortic arches defect
... pallor
- Aortic dilatation- joint hypermobility- arterial tortuosity
... translucent skin
- Aplastic anemia
... pallor, pale skin
- Apnea
... pallor
- Apnea of infancy (AOI)
... pallor
- Asrar-Facharzt-Haque syndrome
... pallor
- Athlete's foot
... white skin between the toes
- Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... pallor
- Autoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease
... Pallor
- Azotemia, familial
... pallor
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- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
... pale skin
- Heart attack
... pallor, paleness
- Heat exhaustion
... pallor
- Hemangioma thrombocytopenia syndrome
... pallor
- Hemolytic anemia
... pale skin
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome
... pallor
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome, atypical, childhood
... pallor
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 1
... pale skin
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 2
... pale skin
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 3
... pale skin
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 4
... pale skin
- Hemophagocytic reticulosis
... pallor
- Hereditary spherocytosis
... pallor
- High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
... Pale skin
- Hip cancer
... pallor, pale skin
- Hodgkin's Disease
... pallor
- Hodgkin's disease, adult
... pallor
- Hodgkin's disease, childhood
... pallor
- Hookworm
... pallor
- Hyperadrenalism
... pallor
- Hyperaldosteronism-induced hypertension
... pale skin
- Hyperchromic Anemia
... pallor
- Hypertension
... pale skin
- Hypertension due to bilateral renal artery stenosis
... pale skin
- Hypertension due to coarctation of the aorta
... pallor
- Hypoglycemia
... pallor
- Hypoglycemia with deficiency of glycogen synthetase in the liver
... pallor
- Hypoglycemic attack
... pallor
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- Lederer's anemia
... pallor
- Leprosy
... pale skin rash, hypopigmented skin macules
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 1
... Pale skin rash, Hypopigmented skin macules
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 2
... Pale skin rash, Hypopigmented skin macules
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 3
... Pale skin rash, Hypopigmented skin macules
- Leprosy, susceptibility to, 4
... Pale skin rash, Hypopigmented skin macules
- Leukemia
... paleness
- Leukemia, Myeloid
... pallor, Paleness
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Aggressive-Phase
... pallor
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic
... pale skin
- Leukemia, T-cell, chronic
... pallor
- Leukonychia totalis
... white nails
- Leukonychia totalis -- trichilemmal cysts -- cilliary dystrophy
... white nails
- Lichen sclerosis
... white spots
- Licorice-induced hypertension
... pale skin
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
... translucent skin
- Lymphoblastic lymphoma
... pallor
- Lymphomatous thyroiditis
... pale skin
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- Nasal decongestant-induced hypertension
... pale skin
- Neuroblastoma
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 1
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 2
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 3
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 4
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 5
... pallor
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 6
... pallor
- Non-hereditary spherocytic anemia
... pallor
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
... Pallor
- Normochromic anemia
... pallor
- Normocytic anemia
... pallor
- Normocytic-Normochromic anemia
... pallor
- Nutritional anemia
... pallor
- Nutritional Sideroblastic anemia
... pallor
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- Sandifer syndrome
... pallor
- Sarrouy disease
... pallor
- Sea sickness
... pallor
- Secondary Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... pallor
- Secondary Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
... pallor
- Secondary Hypertension
... pale skin
- Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria
... pallor
- Severe asthma
... pallor
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
... pale skin
- Sheehan Syndrome
... pallor
- Shock
... pallor
- Shock, Cardiogenic
... pale skin
- Shock, Distributive
... pale skin
- Shock, Endocrine
... pale skin
- Shock, Hemorrhagic
... pale skin
- Shock, Hypovolaemic
... pale skin
- Shock, Obstructive
... pale skin
- Shock, Septic
... pale skin
- Shock, Traumatic
... pale skin
- Sickle Cell Anemia
... pallor
- Sideroblastic anaemia (generic term)
... pallor
- Sideroblastic anemia
... pallor
- Sideroblastic anemia, autosomal
... pallor
- Sideroblastic anemia, hereditary
... pallor
- Sideroblastic anemia, pyridoxine-responsive, autosomal recessive
... pallor
- Sideropenic anemia
... pallor
- Small Intestine Cancer
... pallor
- Small intestine cancer, adult
... pallor
- Sneddon Syndrome
... pallor
- Solitary Extramedullary Plasmacytoma
... pallor
- Spherocytic anemia
... pallor
- Spherocytosis
... pallor
- Spherocytosis, type 1
... pallor
- Spherocytosis, type 2
... pallor
- Spherocytosis, type 3
... pallor
- Spherocytosis, type 4
... pallor
- Spherocytosis, type 5
... pallor
- Spinal shock
... pale skin
- Spleen Cancer
... pale skin
- Spleen neoplasm
... pale skin
- Spur-cell anemia
... pallor
- Suffocation
... Pallor
- Sulphonamide -induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
... pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 1
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 10
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 11
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 12
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 13
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 2
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 3
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 4
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 5
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 6
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 7
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 8
... Pallor
- Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 9
... Pallor
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Conditions listing medical complications: Paleness:
The following list of medical conditions have
Paleness or similar
listed as a medical 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.
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Causes of Paleness Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Paleness based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Paleness?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Paleness, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Paleness:
Subtypes of Paleness:
White fingers (9 causes), Whitening (69 causes), White Nails (45 causes), White patches (12 causes), Hypopigmentation (71 causes), Vitiligo (10 causes), Decreased pigmentation (15 causes), Uremic frost (5 causes), White skin patches (14 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Paleness:
Skin color changes (2348 causes), Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Skin color symptoms (2348 causes)
Symptoms related to Paleness:
Whitening (69 causes), Hypopigmentation (71 causes), Skin color changes (2348 causes), Fever (2274 causes), Anemia (926 causes), Iron deficiency, Sickle cell anemia, Celiac disease, Intussusception (15 causes), Thallesemia, Haemolytic anemia, Koilonychias, Leuconychia (23 causes), Aplastic anemia, Haemolytic disease of newborn, Rh incompatibility, Carcinoma colon
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