What are the symptoms of epidermolysis bullosa?

What are the symptoms of epidermolysis bullosa?

The signs and symptoms of EB depend on the type, and they usually appear when you’re a baby or toddler. Some symptoms overlap between the types. Symptoms of EB include:

  • Blisters on your skin (hands, feet, elbows and knees) or inside your body.
  • Thickened calluses on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet.
  • Anemia (low levels of red blood cells).
  • Fused (attached) fingers or toes.
  • Deformed and/or thickened fingernails and toenails.
  • Small white bumps on the skin (milia).
  • Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).
  • Lack of expected growth in an infant.
  • Teeth that don’t develop into an expected size (hypoplasia).

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