Lectures Flashcards
When would you take a swab from an ulcer
Only if ulcer is increasingly painful/exudate/malodour/enlarging
basically if you think it is infected
ABP >1.5
Calcified
ABPI <0.8
Arterial disease
What is autolytic removal of devitalised tissue
When you use dressings to create moist wound and hydrate necrotic tissue e.g. honey
How long should you aim to heal ulcers over?
Aim to heal over 12 weeks
What is parakeratosis
Persistence of nuclei in the keratin layer
Parakeratosis = Persistence
What is hyperkeratosis
Increased thickness of keratin layer
What is acanthosis
Increased thickness of epidermis
Ancanthickness
What is nappy rash
It is an irritant contact dermatitis to urine
What does crusting indicate in atopic eczema
Indicates staph aureus infection
Monomophic punched out lesions
Eczema herpeticum
Most important gene that causes eczema
Fillagrin
What is Ramsay hunt syndrome?
Vesicles and pain in auditory canal and throat
Facial palsy
Irritation of 8th cranial nerve (deafness, vertigo, tinnitus)
What type of vaccine is the chicken pox vaccine?
Live attenuated chicken pox
Which type of HSV can cause encephalitis/disseminated infection (particularly in neonates)
HSV2
Red top container
Viral transport medium
What is the gold top container
Antibody test
Common causes of erythema multiforme?
Herpes simplex
Mycoplasma pnueomniae
Treatment of molluscum contagiosum
usually self-limiting but take months to disappear
Can be treated with local application of liquid nitrogen
Treatment of warts
Topical salicylic acid