Integumentary Flashcards
Rocky mountain spotted fever
From dog/deer tick infected with Rickettsia
Fever, chills, headache, n/v, arthralgia
Rash 2 to 5 days after fever
Rash: petechiae starting on that start on the hands/palms and feet/soles, then wrists/arms/ankles that spreads to trunk
Treat with doxy
Prevent with deet and permetherin
Impetigo rash description
Honey colored crusts
Pruritic
Measles rash
Koplik spots
Rash in cheeks by molars
Scabies rash
Very itchy, especially at night
In between fingers and toes, waist, axilla, penis
Snakelike or linear Burroughs
Scarlet fever rash
Sore throat and sandpaper rash
Tinea versicolor rash
Hypopigmented round/oval rash
NOT itchy
Pityriasis rosea rash
Christmas tree rash
Molluscum contagiosum rash
Dome shaped bumps with central umbilication and white plug
Erythema migrans
Target like lesions
Lyme dz
Meningococcemia rash
Purple to red painful lesions
Associated with fever, ha, change in loc
Tx with rifampin
Actinic keratosis
Precancerous precursor for squamous cell carcinoma
Melasma
Mask of pregnancy
Brown to tan stains on cheeks, nose, malar, forehead, chin.
Pt will be pregnant or on estrogen
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
abscess/boils in armpits and groin
Impetigo
superficial skin infection caused by gram-positive bacteria
tx with keflex
Meningococcemia
life-threatening infection spread by respiratory droplets tx close contacts rifampin prevent with meningococcal vaccination tx with rocephin