ASSESSMENT OF THE HAIR Flashcards
What are the two types of Alopecia?
Alopecia totalis
Alopecia Areata
Is a fungal infection in the hair
Tinea capitis
Excessive hair growth of dark and coarse hair in females
Hirsutism
Hirsutism is due to?
Increase androgen
What is the normal angle of the nails?
160 ° degrees of the nail between base and skin
Nail clubbing is: covex or concave?
Convex
It is common with iron deficiency anemia
Spoon nails
It is common with patient with psoriasis
Pitted nails
Infection surrounding the nails
Paronychia
Where should you palpate the face?
Temporomandibular joint
Increased growth hormone after puberty leads to
Acromegaly
Increased in adrenal cortex hormones
Cushing’
This occurs when dopamine is low
Parkinson’s disease
Extreme muscle mass or atrophy in the muscles and bones, usually happens with patient’s with cancer
Cachexia
When you are inspecting the bulbar cobjuctivae and sclerae, what should you assess?
Clarity
Color
Texture
When you assess the palpebral conjuctivae you should note:
Swelling
Lesion
Foreign bodies
Trauma or discharges
When you are inspecting the lacrimal apparatus, what should you note?
Swelling
Redness
Drainage
Tenderness
When you inspect the pupil, what should you note?
Shape
Size
Direct and consensual reaction to light
Accommodation
Used to test for the color vision
The Six Screeninh Ishihara Plates
Used to assess the visual acuity of person?
Snellen chart
Used to assess visual acuity of thw people who are dyslexia
Snellen E chart
Used to insoect the visual acuity:near vision of the patient?
The Pocket Snellen Chart
Rosenbaum Card
It is a confrontation test
Peripheral test
It is used to detect and evaluate symptoms of retin detachment or eye diseases such as glaucoma
Ophthalmoscope
Medical term for bulging eyeballs
Exophthalmos
It is where the lower eyelid droops away from the eye and turns outwarsa
Ectropion
It is a condition in which the lower eyelid is turned inward so that your eyelashes rub against your eyeball
Entropion
It is caused by an inflammation of the eyelid’s oil gland
Chalazion
It is caused by bacteria which infect the eyelid root of a hair follicle
Stye
