Systemic manifestation of disease Flashcards
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2
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Gross function of different skin cells
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Keratinocytes: Barrier
Melanocytes: Pigment
Langerhans cells: Immune
Merkel Cells: Sensory
3
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When should you consider systemic disease with skin symptoms?
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Constitutional symptoms. Signs and symptoms that relate to other body symptoms
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What is Jaundice caused by?
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Build up of urobilinogen that is deposited into skin and mucous membranes
5
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Cholestatic Jaundice
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Unrelenting itching. Caused by slowing or topping of bile flow (often due to a blockage from liver to gallbladder or GB to small intetestine)
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Spider angiomata
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Vascular lesions with central arteriole surrounded by many smaller vessels. Commonly on trunk, face, and upper limbs
Thought to be from alterations in sex hormone metabolism related to cirrhosis
