Dermatology Flashcards
Exacerbation for Psoriasis
Exposure to sunlight
Baking soda
To relieve itching of jaundice patient pt.
Domeboro (Burrow’s solution)
Used as an astringent, antibacterial, and has
antipruritic properties; insect bites, swelling, bruising,
and allergies.
Potassium permanganate
Used to treat canker sore (ulcers) dermatitis, fungal
infection of hands or feet.
After a coal-tar application by a psoriasis client, instruct to
avoid?
Sunlight
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Protect from sun exposure
Treatment for pediculosis
OTC Pyrethrin
RID, A-200) or Permithrint (Vix)
Impetigo
Is usually caused by the same strepiccocos
(gram positive) strain that causes strepthroat,
streptococcus pyogenes. It may also be caused by
Staphylococcus aureus (gram positive).
Precaution: contact isolation
Complication from impetigo
Secondary to streptococcal infection:
Acute Glomerulo Nephritis (AGN)
Drug of choice for Hansen’s disease (Leprosy)
Dapsone is used to treat Mycobacterium leprae
(leprosy) and it is also used to treat Pneumocystic
Carinii Pneumonia (PCP).
Treatment for psoriatic arthritis
Enbrel (etanercept)
Signs and symptoms related to allergens from cow’s milk
Fussiness, irritability, excessive crying, wheezing,
coughing, diarrhea, vomiting, colic, esophageal reflux,
bloody stools, rectal bleeding.
Test to help identify the offending food allergies
RAST (radioallergosorbent test), a blood test to detect 1gE (antibody) associated with allergens