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Skin Hair Nails, Book Flashcards

1
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Lanugo

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Fine downy hair on fetus, falls off

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Vernix (caseosa)

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Waxy or cheese like substance coating the skin of newborns

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Linea nigra

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Dark line, typically hair, from navel to pubis

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Chloasma (Melasma)

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Dark brown patch around the face

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Striae (stretch marks)

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Stretching the skin from pregnancy

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Keloids

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Skin will raise, become dark purple/brown and pull together

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Alopecia

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Sudden hair loss

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8
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Hirsutism

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Hair where it doesn’t belong

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Pruritus

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Itching

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Vitiligo

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Loss of pigment, patches

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ABCDE

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Asymmetry: round or regular
Border: Smooth or irregular
Color: Different color with in or light to dark
Diameter: >6mm
Elevation or Evolution: Changing or standing

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12
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Uremic Frost

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Grayish/yellowish of skin, frost like looking Urea sweating out, itchy

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13
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Malignant melanoma

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Most deadly skin cancer

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14
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Pallor

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Pink-white skin, not enough RBSs

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15
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What are the causes of Pallor?

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  • Anemia
  • Large or frequent blood loss
  • Body isn’t producing enough RBCs
  • Problem w/kidney or bone marrow
  • Not enough protein or iron in diet
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16
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Testing Pallor

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  • Mucous membrane
  • Capillary refill
  • Conjunctiva on eye lid
  • Palms (book)
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17
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Erythema

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Red skin

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18
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Cyanosis

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Blue skin, Not enough oxygenated blood flow, hypoxia

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19
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Jaudice

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Yellow skin

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20
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Diaphoresis

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Sweating

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21
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Dehydration

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Not enough fluids (Turgor test, check for tenting)

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22
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Lesions

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Primary- pimple

Secondary-Picking at pimple

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23
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Linear

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Scratch, streak, line, or strip

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24
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Zosteriform

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Linear arrangement along a unilateral nerve route

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25
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Grouped

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Cluster of lesions

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26
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Target or Iris

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Concentric ring color in lesion

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27
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Polycyclic

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Annular lesions grow together

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28
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Gyrate

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Twisted, coiled spiral, snakelike

29
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Ring worm (Teniacapitus)

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Wood lamp test, for florescent coloring

30
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Pediculosis capitis

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Head lice

31
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Schamroth test

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Clubbing=Chronic hypoxia (two finger gap between nails)

32
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Splinter Hemorrhages (Infected Endocarditis)

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Strep throat that turned into a manic fever, leads to heart disease

33
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Mongolian Spots/Cafe au lait spot

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Pigment spots on babies skin (birth mark)/Hyperpigmentation, blue-purple macular area at the sacrum or buttocks

34
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Carotenemia

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Yellow-orange skin

35
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Contusion

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Bruise (ecchymosis)- black blue

36
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Hematoma

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Contusion with a lump of blood

37
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Psoriasis

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White scaly patches, overproduces skin cancer, autoimmune disease

38
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Eczema

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Red, irritated skin; inflammation, red, hot, swollen, raised, oozy

39
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Acute pain

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Short termed and self-limiting, often follows a predictable trajectory, and dissipates after an injury heals

40
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Chronic pain

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A diagnosed pain that continues for 6 moths or longer

41
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Somatic pain

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Originates in the musculoskeletal tissues or the body surface

42
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Deep somatic pain

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Arises from ligaments, tendons, bones, blood vessels and nerves

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Cutaneous pain

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Originates in the skin or the subcutaneous tissue

44
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Visceral pain

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Originates from the larger internal organs

45
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Radiating pain

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Pain perceived at the source of the pain and extends to nearby tissues

46
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Referred pain

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Felt in a part of the body that is considerably removed from the tissues causing the pain

47
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Intractable pain

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Highly resistant to relief, using pharmacological and nonpharmacologic remedies to provide pain relief

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Neuropathic pain

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Is the result of current or past damage to the peripheral or central nervous system

49
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Phantom pain

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Perceived in a body part that is missing or paralyzed by the spinal cord

50
Q

Small potato or piece of fruit size?

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Computer mouse

51
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3oz animal protein

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Deck of cards

52
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1oz cheese

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Small box of wooden matches

53
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2 tbsp

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Golf ball

54
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4 tbsp

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Four thumbs

55
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1 cup dry measure

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Tightly clenched small woman’s fist

56
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B130/80 and greater = Hypertension

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Blood pressure

57
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964-99.1 oral > 99.1 = fever

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Temperature

58
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<50 and >100

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Heart rate

59
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10-20

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Respirations

60
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> 95%

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O2 saturation

61
Q 
>25 = Overweight 
>30 = Obese
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BMI

62
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P= Provocation/palliation 
Q= Quality/Quantity 
R = Religion/Radiation 
S = Severity Scale 
T = Timing
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Method of pain assessment

63
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(Wight (pounds)/Height (inches)^2) X 703

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Body Mass Index

64
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<18.5

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Underweight

65
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18.3-24.9

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Normal Weight

66
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25-29.9

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Overweight

67
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30-39.9

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Obesity

68
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> 40

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Extreme obesity

69
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Burning, numbness, tingling

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Neuropathic pain

Health Assess 302 (2 decks)

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