Skin

Question 1

Contact Dermatitis

Answer 1

Often Caused by contact with a skin allergen/skin irritant

-Recent Contact, Usually

Question 2

Skin Infections

Answer 2

Skin infections are often a “cellulitis”(Cellulitis is the inflammation of subcutaneous tissue).

Often caused by Staphylococcus and Streptococcus

MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus)

Necrotizing Fasciitis-fast moving and deadly skin infection

Question 3

Scabies

Answer 3

Contracted through contact
Parasite that lives on skin
Causes Itchy, linear burrows on the hands and wrists.

Question 4

Psoriasis

Answer 4

Skin condition.
Rapid proliferation of skin cells.
Often associated with psoriatic arthritis

Keratinocytes undergo rapid proliferation

Can be associated with psoriatic arthritis

Question 5

Tinea Fungi

Answer 5

Circular
Erythematous (skin red from increased bloodflow)
Itchy Rash
Toes/Feet

Question 6

Human Papillomavirus

Answer 6

Genital Warts

Can Lead to Cervical Cancer

Question 7

Pediculosis

Answer 7

Lice
Feed on Blood

Question 8

Birthmarks

Answer 8

Mongolian Spot-Flat, Bluish-Gray Patch usually on lower back

Port Wine Stain

Macular Stain

Cafe au lait spot

Question 9

Rosacea

Answer 9

Chronic inflammatory condition; Increase blood flow to affected areas

You will see erythema and spiderlike blood vessels

Question 10

Albinism

Answer 10

Results in lighter skin tones, eye color, and hair color

Impaired Optic Nerve Development

Lack of Melanin Production

Question 11

Molluscum Contagiosum

Answer 11

Clusters of small, pink, cone-shaped papules throughout the body in areas of direct contact with a poxvirus.

Question 12

Furuncle

Answer 12

Red
Firm
Painful Nodule
Filled with Purulent Exudate

Question 13

Hemangioma

Answer 13

Tumor of blood vessels appearing as a bright red papule (nodule of extra blood vessels in the skin).

Question 14

Burns

Answer 14

1.Degree-Superficial, Skin Reddened and Swollen

2nd Degree-fluid filled blisters

3rd Degree-Adipose Exposed

4th Degree-often see tendons, muscles, bone

Question 15

Pressure Injury 1

Answer 15

Pressure Ulcers (Bedsores):

Pressure causes reduced blood flow and injury.

Turn patients frequently to prevent.
Avoid prolonged pressure on bony areas.

Question 16

Pressure Injury 2

Answer 16

Pressure Ulcer Stages:

Stage 1: Not blanching.
Stage 2: Skin breach, break in skin.
Stage 3: Extends deep into dermis, subcutaneous, tunneling possible, may be painful.
Stage 4: Extends into fascial layers, muscle, bone, tunneling.

Question 17

Vitiligo

Answer 17

Patchy hypopigmentation.
Autoimmune destruction of melanocytes.
Melanocyte death.

Question 18

Lentigines

Answer 18

Age-related pigmented spots

Question 19

Melansma

Answer 19

Areas on skin that darken over time.

Question 20

Gangrene

Answer 20

A type of tissue death that occurs because the blood supplied is inadequate