Epidermolysis Bullosa

What is it?

Points To Remember About Epidermolysis Bullosa

• Epidermolysis bullosa is a group of diseases in which the skin is easily injured, causing painful blisters to form. These blisters can cause serious problems if they become infected.
• Some people with the condition have a mild form with few blisters. Others may have many blisters.
• A doctor can identify the disease by taking a small piece of skin and looking at it under a microscope.
• Treatment includes proper skin care to prevent blisters, treating blisters and infections, and a good diet. Surgery may be needed in more severe cases.
• Talk to your doctor about how to treat symptoms when they occur.

Epidermolysis bullosa is a group of diseases that cause painful blisters to form on the skin. These blisters can cause serious problems if they become infected.

Some people with the illness have a mild form with few blisters. Others have many blisters on the skin. Some people develop blisters inside the body—in places such as the mouth, the stomach, the tube between the throat and stomach, and the bladder.

There are different forms of epidermolysis bullosa, depending upon where the blistering occurs within the different skin layers.

Skin blisters are the major symptom of epidermolysis bullosa.