Skin Diseases & Disorders

Question 1

Acne

Answer 1

• disease of the sebaceous glands that produces blackheads and pimples
• Noninflammatory or inflammatory pustules

Question 2

Psiorasis

Answer 2

• Red & inflamed skin
• White/ silvery scaly patches
• Can itch, crack, bleed
• Disease of the immune system

Question 3

Eczema

Answer 3

• Dry, red skin that itches or burns
• Intense itching
• Blisters, oozing lesions
• Dry, scaly skin
• Thickened, crusty skin

Question 4

Dermatitis

Answer 4

-Inflammation of the skin
itchy, inflamed, causing redness, swelling, cracking, crusting and scaling
-occupational related

Question 5

Tinea Pedis

Answer 5

AKA ATHLETES FOOT

• caused by a ringworm fungus
• usually in the skin or of toes and soles
• when areas stay moist, warm and irritated

Question 6

Urticaria

Answer 6

• HIVES
• allergic reaction to the skin that produces reddish, elevated patches
• round or rings
• welts, or red lesions with a flare around

Question 7

Rosacea

Answer 7

• facial condition

- red/pink skin, visible broken blood vessels, small red bumps, red cysts or pink/irritated eyes

Question 8

Vitiligo

Answer 8

• pigmentation disorder
• melanocytes are destroyed
• white patches appear over the body
• can be on places with mucous membranes too

Question 9

Impetigo

Answer 9

• Very contagious, spreads from person to person
• One or more “sores” on the skin that are covered by honey colored crust
• don’t hurt, can be itchy
• mostly limbs and face
• more in summer on little kids

Question 10

Boils

Answer 10

• Aka skin abscess
• firm & hard area
• center softens and fills with pus

Bacterial infection of the skin, produced when bacteria enter a hair follicle

Question 11

Carbuncles

Answer 11

• A collection of pis that forms inside the body

- Needs to be drained, not treated by antibiotics

Question 12

Ringworm

Answer 12

Fungal Infection

Round ring like lesions

Question 13

Warts

Answer 13

Local growths in skin, caused by HPV
Contagious
Usually one part of the body

Question 14

MRSA

Staph Infection

Answer 14

HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS
Boils
Infection immediately under the skin

Question 15

Gangrene

Answer 15

Lack or loss of blood flow to an area
Wet= bacteria infection, possibly fatal, swelling, pain, pus, black coloration

Vs dry

Question 16

Harlequin type ichthyosis

Answer 16

Thickening of keratin layer 
Massive diamond shaped scales 
Reddish color 
Appendages abnormally contracted, low motility 
Bacteria infections due to cracked skin

Question 17

Scleroderma

Answer 17

Autoimmune disease of CT

Scar tissue, thickness, firmness

Question 18

Alopecia Areata

Answer 18

Hair loss condition of scalp

Abnormality in immune system