Sunlight
Sunlight, especially its ultraviolet radiation component, can cause increased or additional types of damage in predisposed individuals, such as those taking certain phototoxic drugs, or those with certain conditions associated with photosensitivity, including:
- Psoriasis
- Atopic eczema
- Erythema multiforme
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Autoimmune bullous diseases (immunobullous diseases)
- Mycosis fungoides
- Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome
- Porphyria cutanea tarda
Also, many conditions are aggravated by strong light, including:
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Sjögren’s syndrome
- Sinear Usher syndrome
- Rosacea
- Dermatomyositis
- Darier’s disease
- Kindler-Weary syndrome
Read more about this topic: Photosensitivity In Humans
Famous quotes containing the word sunlight:
“Just across the Green from the post office is the county jail, seldom occupied except by some backwoodsman who has been intemperate; the courthouse is under the same roof. The dog warden usually basks in the sunlight near the harness store or the post office, his golden badge polished bright.”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Weaker and weaker, the sunlight falls
In the afternoon. The proud and the strong
Have departed.
Those that are left are the unaccomplished,
The finally human,
Natives of a dwindled sphere.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“‘The key is in the window, the key is in the sunlight at the
window—I have the key—Get married Allen don’t take drugs—the key is in the bars, in the sunlight in the window.
Love,
your mother’”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)