Possible causes of Skin sores

59 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.

• Atopic dermatitis (eczema) Common Pediatric
• Common warts Common Pediatric
• Insect bite Common Pediatric
• Lipoma (fatty tumor) Common
• Mole (nevi) Common Pediatric
• Peripheral vascular disease (blocked arteries) Common
• Poison ivy (poison oak, poison sumac) Common Pediatric
• Psoriasis Common
• Ringworm of the body (tinea corporis) Common Pediatric
• Shingles (herpes zoster) Common
• Tinea (fungal skin infection) Common Pediatric
• Urticaria (hives) Common Pediatric
• Basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer)
• Squamous cell cancer (tumor)
• Abrasions
• Acne (pimples)
• Allergic reaction Urgent
• Anal fissure (tear)
• Anorectal (perirectal) abscess
• Athlete's foot (tinea pedis)
• Bacterial vaginosis (vaginal infection)
• Bartholin abscess or cyst (vaginal cyst)
• Body lice
• Calluses and corns
• Candida albicans (yeast infection)
• Carbuncle (skin infection)
• Cellulitis (skin infection)
• Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)
• Contact dermatitis (contact skin irritation)
• Drug reaction
• Enlarged lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy)
• Foreign body in a wound Urgent
• Genital herpes
• Genital warts (HPV, human papilloma virus)
• Head lice
• Heat rash
• Herpes simplex infection
• Hidradenitis suppurativa (skin swelling and abscess)
• Impetigo
• Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
• Lymphangitis (lymph tissue inflammation)
• Lymphedema (lymphatic obstruction)
• Mastitis (breast infection inflammation)
• Melanoma (skin cancer)
• Metastatic neoplasm (cancer spread)
• Neurofibromatosis
• Otitis externa (outer ear infection)
• Perforated septum (hole in nasal septum)
• Pilonidal cyst (buttocks cyst)
• Pityriasis rosea (inflammatory skin rash)
• Rectal abscess (pus collection)
• Rectal ulcer
• Sarcoidosis (sarcoid)
• Sebaceous cyst
• Skin tags (acrochordons)
• Staphylococcus aureus Urgent
• Tongue cancer (tumor)
• Vaginitis (vaginal infection inflammation)
• Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma (tumor)