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Skin conditions child Flashcards

1
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What is the white, harmless spots on babies?

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Milia - keratin filled pores

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Little pink marks on face of baby

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Birthmarks - stork mark/bite - salmon patch
benign - very prominent when cry

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What is a strawberry naevus?

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WHen do strawberry naevus resolve?

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5% of babies have
70%
95% by 10

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5
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How treat strawberry naevi?

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Propanolol - reduce blood flow

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6
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What is port wine stains on face ass with?

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Sturge-Weber syndrome

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7
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Sturge weber syndrome - symptoms

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Learning disabilitys,
Neurological - seizures
Glaucoma

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8
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What causes sturge weber sydnrome?

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Abnormal blood vessel growth in skin and also in brain

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9
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What is harlequin colour change?

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Transient erythema of half the body along the midline lasting 20-30 seconds

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10
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When does harlequin colour change normally present?

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2-5 days after birth

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11
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Neonatal acne prevalence and prognosis

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50%
Self resolves 1-2 weeks
Erythema toxicum neonatorym

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12
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What is an important differential for mongolian blue spot?

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Bruises

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13
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Why is it important to record birthmarks?

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Prevent mistakes as bruises/marks inflicted later on and safeguarding referral

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14
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Mongolian blue spot what population more common in

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More common in african/asian population - more difficult to see on darker skin

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15
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Childhood exanthems

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Measles
Rubella
Roseola Infantum
Erythema infectosum (slapped cheek/5th disease)
Scarlett fever

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16
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Roseola infacntum cuase

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HHV 6

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17
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How does roseola infantum present?

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Sudden high fever
Exthematous rash
Otherwise relatively well

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18
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Signs of measles, what find in mouth
Complication

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High fever
Red-brown ash starts behind ears spread to torsos
Runny nose
Koplick spots in mouth
Cough and conjunctivitis
Can cause encephalopathy

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Prodrome of measles

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Rubella PRESENTATION

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Coryzal symptoms
Temperature
Shorter duration and less severe than measeles
Measles like rash but pink/red starts behind ear and spreads

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21
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Slapped cheek syndrome cause

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Parvovirus B19

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22
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Why is slapped cheek a risk in sickle cell patients

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Can cause anaemia

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23
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What causes scarlet fever?

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Strep A

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24
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Prodrome scarlet fever

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Follows sore throat/skin infection

25
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Symptoms scarlet feer

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Sore throat, headache, tmep > 38.5 degrees, swollen strawberry tongue, flushed cheeks, pinkish rash on torso before spread to rest of body, sandpaper feel

26
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What is a toxic looking child?

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More than poorly, tonsilitis like - rash, eyes tired etc

27
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How long does a fever last with kawasakis?

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Over 5 days - paracetemol and ibuprofen dont improve

28
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What causes kawasakis

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Autoimmune - mid vessel vasculitis

29
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What signs of kawasakis disease?

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Erythema with desquemation after 1 weeks
Strawberry tongue/sore mouth
Bilateral conjunctivits - dry
Cervical lymphadenopathy

30
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Complication of kawasakis disease

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Cornoary artery anrysms
30% OCCURENCE

31
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Treatment of kawasakis

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IV immunoglobulins
Aspirin
Echo monitoring

32
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Primary vs secondary impetigo

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Primary - on healthy skin
Secondary - on already infected skin

33
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When do children need to be off school impetigo?

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Before honey coloured crsusts

34
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First line treatment impetigo

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Hydrogen peroxide - if localised and non bullous
Fusidin - 3/4 dyas

35
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Oral treatmetn impetifo

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Flucloxacillin - dries up in 24 hours

36
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Treatment for eczema

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Emollients, topical corticosteroids

37
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Where find atopic dermatitis caused by eczema in children?

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Knees, elbows, neck, hands, scalp

38
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What causes meningococcal rash?

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Sepsis

39
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Differentials for non blnaching rash

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ITP
HSP
Meningococcal septicaemia
Leukaemia

40
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What is ITP

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Autoimmune disease affecting platelets usually following viral illness

41
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Why are platelets attacked by the spleen in ITP?

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Labelled as abnormal as anitbodies attached to platelets

42
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Symptoms ITP

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Bruising/non blanching rash
Nose bleeds

43
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What is HSP?

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Henlocj-Schonlein purpura, small vessel vasculitis

44
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Presentation of HSP?

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Lower limb joint pain and swelling
URTI last 2 weels
Non blanching rash - buttocks and thighs extending down
Abdominal pain
Kidney involvement

45
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Why need to do regualr blood and urine tests in HSP?

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Risk of kidney involvement - 40% within 3 months, takes up to a year to resolve

46
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HSP how long illness lasts

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Resolves after a year with periods of worseing and improving periods

47
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Common serotypes of N.meningiditis

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A,B,C,Y,W135

48
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When does meningococcal disease peak?

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Childhood and adolescence

49
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Prophylaxis for meningococcal septicaemia for close contacts

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Rifampicin, ciprofloxacin

50
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What is a side effect of rifampacin?

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Turns bodily fluids orange

51
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What do yuo give in community if meningitis sus?

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IM benzyl penicillin

52
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What give for meningitis in hospital? If under 3 months?

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Ceftriaxone - IV
Cefotaxine + amoxicillin under 3 months

53
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Why treat under 3 months with cefotaxine and amoxicillin?

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More likely to be caused by weird bacteria as less immune system - wider spectrum antibiotics

54
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Petechiae size

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1-2mm

55
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Purpura size

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5,6,7mm

56
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Purpura fulminans

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Large patches of rash - capillary leak -> necrotic

57
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When is rash unlikely to be meningocaccla

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Above nipple line rash

58
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Differentials for non blanching rash on face

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Vomitting - gastroenteritis
Cough
Strangulation

59
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Differentials for non blanching rash on face

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Vomitting - gastroenteritis
Cough
Strangulation

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