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Skin Flashcards

1
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keloids

A

bumps you get from ear piercings

-reduced risk if ears are pierced before age 11

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2
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ethnicities with strongest body odor

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caucasians and african americans

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3
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good braden score

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19+

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4
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6 components of braden score

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sensory perception
moisture
activity
mobility
nutrition
friction and shear
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5
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3 components of a PUSH score

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length x width (0-10)
exudate amount (0-3)
tissue type (0-4): necrotic (escher), slough, granulation tissue, pink epithelial tissue, or closed/resurfaced
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6
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acanthose niagrans

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dark, velvety skin on the back of the neck

-sign of diabetes, telling us there’s too much sugar in the blood

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7
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ecchymosis

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bruise- red or purple macule that is bigger than petechiae but smaller than 1 cm

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8
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hematoma

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localized bleeding that pools together to create an elevated ecchymosis (egg on head)

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9
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cherry angioma

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tiny, bright red, rased papules

benign

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10
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spider angioma

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red central body with radiating branches, looks like a spider, blanchable

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11
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telangiectasis

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blue or red spider-like or linear marks on the extremeties from venous pressure on the capillaries

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12
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ABCDE pneumonic

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Asymmetry 
Border
Color
Diameter
Elevation
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13
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how do you identify MRSA?

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pustule, elevated, large, cellulitis around it

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14
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longitudinal ridging nails

A

normal

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15
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half and half nails

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kidney and renal disease

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16
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pitting nails

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looks like microscopic bebes

autoimmune disease like psoriasis

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17
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Koilonychia

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spoon shaped nails

anemia

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18
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yellow nail syndrome

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AIDS and chronic respiratory issues
and stained in smokers
fungus (tinea pedis)

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19
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paronychia

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infection to cuticle and causes fungus

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20
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bows line

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horizontal ridge- seen in people who have MI or some other life-threatening situation

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21
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no expression on the face

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mask

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22
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cervical vertebrae

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C7

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23
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adam’s apple

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thyroid cartilage

24
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cricoid cartilage

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3rd ring down

what breaks when you get strangled

25
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bruits in an enlarged thyroid

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hyperthyroidism

26
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preauricular nodes

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drain the lateral portions of the eye’s conjunctiva, skin adjacent to the ear within the temporal region

27
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what do the occipital nodes drain

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the occipital region of the scalp

28
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tonsillar nodes drain…

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the tonsillar and posterior pharyngeal regions

29
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submandibular nodes drain…

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the structures on the floor of the mouth

30
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submental nodes drain…

A

the teeth and intra-oral cavity

31
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posterior cervical nodes drain…

A

the skin on the back of the head and upper respiratory

32
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supraclavicular nodes drain

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part of the thoracic cavity, abdomen

33
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scleroderma

A

causes hardening of the skin, connective tissue disease

eventually suffocate bc the chest can’t expand

34
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vitiligo

A

autoimmune, genetic, excessive ROS, calcium imbalance

a chemical in the body destroys pigment/ melanin in the skin

35
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melasma

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darkened macules on face in all skin types, mostly across the bridge of the nose

36
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fungus of ringworm/ athletes foot

A

candida

37
Q

ringworm on the arms and legs

A

tinea corporus

38
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ringworm on the foot

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tinea pedis

39
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ringworm on the groin

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tinea crures

40
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ringworm in the nails

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tinea unium and oncomycosis

41
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impetigo

A

honey colored, crusted lesions on the nose or mouth

  • very conagious and can cause glomerular infections
  • bacterial
42
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verrucae

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warts
viral
benign neoplasms

43
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noninflammatory acne lesions

A

comedones (whiteheads and blackheads)

44
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inflammatory acne lesions

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papules, pustules, nodules, cysts

45
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urticaria

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hives

46
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erythemia multiforme

A

dramatic but usually minor drug-induced skin eruption

  • occurs after herpes simplex infection
  • self limiting
47
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steven johnsons syndrome

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48
Q

toxic epidermal necrolysis

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> 30% of the epidermis is detached

-40% mortality rate

49
Q

physiology of psoriasis

A

tcells release cytokines and growth factors

  • –> abnormal growth of keratinocytes and dermal blood vessels –> papules
  • –>neutrophils and monocytes, –>inflammation
50
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lichen planus

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shiny, white, lace pattern

-drugs and hep C

51
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lichen simplex

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raw skin from scratching

52
Q

first degree burn

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superficial

-still moves, everything still working, nothing open

53
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second degree burn

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epidermis and dermis

  • partial thickness burn- only part of the dermis; painful, wet, blistered
  • full thickness- entire dermis; pale burn, a lot of edema, possible fluid imbalance
54
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third degree burn

A

into SQ tissue; may damage muscle, bone, blood vessels

-full thickness

55
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rule of nines

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  • head and neck- 9%
  • each arm- 9%
  • each leg- 18%
  • front of the trunk- 18%
  • back of the trunk- 18%
  • perineum- 1%
56
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4 complications of burns

A

1) hemodynamic instability- hypovolemic shock
2) lung injury from smoke inhalation
3) hypermetailic response (7-14 days after the burn)
4) sepsis

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