Symptoms
Symptoms include:
- Severe sunburn when exposed to only small amounts of sunlight. These often occur during a child's first exposure to sunlight.
- Development of many freckles at an early age
- Rough-surfaced growths (solar keratoses), and skin cancers
- Eyes that are painfully sensitive to the sun and may easily become irritated, bloodshot and clouded
- Blistering or freckling on minimum sun exposure
- Spidery blood vessels
- Limited growth of hair on chest and legs
- Scaly skin
- Dry skin
- Irregular dark spots on the skin
- Corneal ulcerations
Read more about this topic: Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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