Skin (9)

Question 1

itching after bath
very high hemoglobin/WBC
–what is it likely

Answer 1

Polycythemia rubra vera

Question 2

mc causes of itching (pruritus)

Answer 2

Dry skin
Chronic kidney
cholestasis

Question 3

Urticaria diseases (hives) and acute and chronic causes

Answer 3

-smooth, slightly elevated patches (often itchy)

Acute- prob food allergy
chronic- drug sensitives/inf/systemic diseases/metabolic diseases

Question 4

autoimmune causes of blisters (3)

Answer 4

bulbous pemphigoid
pemphigus vulgaris
dermatitis herpetiformis

Question 5

incidence, age, dx of bullius pemphigoid

Answer 5

common
elderly
biopsy antibodies

Question 6

incidence, age, dx of pemphigus vulagris

Answer 6

40-50 rare

biopsy antibodies, serum antibodies

Question 7

Herpes gestations- type, when does it happen, dx

Answer 7

autoimmune disease that occurs at anytime after 12th week of preg

test the skin for abnormal antibodies

Question 8

lab tests for blistering diseases

Answer 8

antibodies
ELISA systems
direct/indirect immunoflurecencse

Question 9

purpura causes

Answer 9

Thrombocytopenia
Platlets non functional
coagulation factors
blood vessel wall probs

Question 10

diseases that change skin colourr and color it changes to

Answer 10

kidney failure (Grey)
Liver diseases (yellow)
Acanthosis nigricans (hyperkerotic, velvety plaques)
Harmochromatesis (bronze)

Question 11

what is xanthomata and lab tests

Answer 11

soft yellow nodules in skin

lab tests for hyperlipidemia

Question 12

What doe blue, yellow and thick misshapen nails mean

Answer 12

blue- lung disease
yellow- sinusitis
thick misshapen- Fungus

Question 12

What doe blue, yellow and thick misshapen nails mean

Answer 12

blue- lung disease
yellow- sinusitis
thick misshapen- Fungus