Paediatric Dermatology

Question 1

what is the most common presentation to paediatric dermatology

Answer 1

ezcema

Question 2

what is ezcema, how ocmmon is it, what does it cause and whats its impact?

Answer 2

Question 3

atopic ezcema is typically the pattern we think about when we think of ezcema

what is it?

Answer 3

CMPA = cows milk prtein allergy

Question 4

what are the triggers for atopic ilness?

Answer 4

Question 5

atopic ezcema is considered to be a barirer defect - what does does that mena and what does that result in?

Answer 5

filaggrin is the protein which binds together keratin fibres to give its strucutral integrity and also has a naturla mosturising ocmponent to it

Question 6

what is the manageent of ezcema?

Answer 6

Question 7

what type of unit for steriods do we use to guide treatment of ezcema?

Answer 7

Question 8

how much topical steriods is required for each age of child?

Answer 8

Question 9

how do you use steriods on your body?

Answer 9

Question 10

what is the topical steroid ladder?

Answer 10

Question 11

how should topical steriods be used on the face?

Answer 11

Question 12

why may topical steriods not work and what can be used instead?

Answer 12

Question 13

what else can be used for ezcema apart form steriods?

Answer 13

Question 14

when should you think about food allergies?

Answer 14

Question 15

what is discoid ezcema?

Answer 15

corular patches of ezcema

come back again and again

Question 16

what is seborrheoic dermatitis?

Answer 16

Question 17

Answer 17

answer on next card

Question 18

answers to case

Answer 18

BD = twice daily

consider CMPA as baby is only 8 weeks old

Question 19

what is impetigo, what causes it and what is the management?

Answer 19

Question 20

what is molluscum contagiosum? and how is it managed?

Answer 20

can use 5% potassium hydroxie in order to cause inflammationand irritation to direct body to it to mhelp it

Question 21

what are viral warts and what causes them?

Answer 21

Question 22

how do you manage viral warts?

Answer 22

benign so no treatment necessary reuiqred

stimulate own immune system such as the ones listed at the bottom

Question 23

what are viral exanthems?

Answer 23

Question 24

what is chicken pox?

Answer 24

Question 25

what is the management of chicken pox?

Answer 25

Question 26

what is paravovirus? and what does it cause?

Answer 26

Question 27

what is hand foot and mouth, what causes it, what does it cause and how is it managed?

Answer 27

Question 28

what is ezcema coxsackium?

Answer 28

Question 29

what is ezcema herpeticum?

Answer 29

Question 30

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Question 31

what is orofacial granulomatosis?

Answer 31

Question 32

what are the clinical features of erythema nodosum?

Answer 32

Question 33

what are the causes of erythema nodosum?

Answer 33

most common cause is infeciton

Question 34

what is dermatitis herpetiformis, what does it cause and how cna it be managed?

Answer 34

Question 35

what is urticaria, what does it cause, and what causes it?

Answer 35

Question 36

what is the treatment of urticaria?

Answer 36

antihistamines are the mainstay of treatment can add additional treatments

Question 37

what is infantile haemangioma?

Answer 37

A haemangioma is a collection of small blood vessels that form a lump under the skin. · About one in ten babies have a haemangioma

Question 38

what is the management of infantile haemangioma?

Answer 38

Question 39

what is phaces, what does it cause and how is it managed?

Answer 39

it is a spectrum ,may have haemangioma and nothing much else to see