General Questions Flashcards
Macule?
Less than 0.5 cm, flat altered skin color.
Papule?
Les than 0.5 cm, elevated.
Plaque
More than 0.5 cm, elevation.
Nodule?
Deeper and firmer, 1 to 2 cm.
Difference between vescicle and bullae?
Size vesicles is less the 0.5cm, bulla is more.
Pustule?
Collection of puss
Criteria when checking for melanoma?
Asymmetric, border irregularities, color variation, diameter over 6mm, evolution over time, change in size shape or color, inflammation, crusting, bleeding.
Schamroths sign?
To check for clubbed nails. Place both finger nails together to see if there is space or no.no space means clubbing
Nail pitting?
Nail matrix inflammation due to psoriasis, alopecia, eczema and lichen.
Storage symptoms for lower urinary tract?
Altered bladder sensation, nocturnal, urgency and increased daytime frequency
Lower unitary tract voiding symptoms?
Hesitancy, intermittency, slow stream, splitting, staining, terminal dribble.
Murphy sign?
Liver gallbladder
Gray turner sign?
Bruising on part of body between rib and hips. Sing of retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
Amenorrhea and oligomenohrrea?
The first is absent periods the second is infrequent periods.
Unilaterally hypoexpanding lung due to?
Pleural effusion, lung collapse, pneumothorax, unilateral fibrosis.
