Geriatrics, skin and nails

Question 1

Most common endocrine cause of carpal tunnel

Answer 1

hypothyroidism

Question 2

presbyopia (old eyes)

Answer 2

far-sighted

Question 3

presbycusis (old ears)

Answer 3

sensorineural hearing loss most commonly

Question 4

most common cause of hearing loss in the elderly?

Answer 4

cerumen

Question 5

blank stare, oily skin, shuffling gait

Answer 5

parkinson’s

Question 6

aphasia, apraxia, presenile amnesia

Answer 6

Alsheimer’s

Question 7

“barnacles of old age”

Answer 7

Seborrheic keratosis (insignificant)

Question 8

DEXA scan measures…

Answer 8

bone density

Question 9

What is a macule?

Answer 9

freckle

Question 10

papule

Answer 10

wart

Question 11

vesicle

Answer 11

herpes (raised/serous)

Question 12

pustule

Answer 12

acne (raised/pus)

Question 13

a big pustule

Answer 13

boil or furuncle

Question 14

a big raised/serous lesion

Answer 14

pemphigus/bullae

Question 15

most common skin cancer

Answer 15

basal cell

Question 16

mot invasive skin cancer

Answer 16

melanoma

Question 17

purple lesions, blood vessel sarcoma

Answer 17

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Question 18

silver scales and pitted nails

Answer 18

psoriasis

Question 19

mite burrowed into the skin causing itching

Answer 19

scabies

Question 20

Tinea capitis

Answer 20

ringworm

Question 21

spirochete carried by ticks

Answer 21

lyme disease

Question 22

scaly skin in hairy regions

Answer 22

seborrheic dermatitis

Question 23

butterfly rash (malar)

Answer 23

SLE (lupus)

Question 24

caused by strep and staph, primary=vesicle/bulla, secondary=crusty

Answer 24

Impetigo

Question 25

patchy absence of melanin

Answer 25

vitiligo

Question 26

red, elevated birthmark

Answer 26

hemangioma

Question 27

mouth lesion, yellow center with red halo aka aphthostomatitis

Answer 27

canker sore

Question 28

Leukoplakia and thrush are both white in the mouth. Which one can you scrape off?

Answer 28

thrush

Question 29

pseudomembrane in the throat

Answer 29

diphtheria

Question 30

beefy red tongue

Answer 30

Scarlet fever

Question 31

koplik

Answer 31

white spots on erythematous base

Question 32

swollen tongue, often vitamin b deficiency

Answer 32

glossitis

Question 33

clubbed nails

Answer 33

COPD, cancer, RA

Question 34

spooning of the fingernails

Answer 34

iron deficiency or fungal infection

Question 35

onychomycosis

Answer 35

fungal infection which affects geriatrics