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DEEP INFECTION OF THE SKIN & THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES.
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CELLULITIS
how it spreads |
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| SPREADS HORIZONTALLY THROUGH THE TISSUES |
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BY STAPH OR STREP GROUP A.
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CELLULITIS
how it enters the body? |
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VIATHE BLOOD BUT IT USUALLYBEGINS SECONDARY TO AN OPEN WOUND IE AN INSECT OR SPIDER BITE, A SCRATCH, SCRAPE, ATHLETES FEET, DERMATITIS, OR DRY SKIN
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| WHY IS A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF CELLULITIS IN THE LOWER LEGS |
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| BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DECREASED HEALING ABILITY |
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WHAT CAN PREDISPOSES THE CLIENT TO A REOCCURRENCE OF CELLULITIS
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| IMPAIRED LYMPHATIC CIRCULATION BECAUSE OF INFECTION, A LYMPH NODE RESECTION, OR RADIATION THERAPY |
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| WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS FOR CELLULITIS |
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AGING, IMMUNOCOMPROMISE, DIABETES, CHICKEN POX & SHINGLES
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WHY DOES AGING PUT YOU AT RISK FOR CELLULITIS
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BECAUSE OF LESS EFFECTIVE CIRCULATION & IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTION.
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WHY DOES being IMMUNOCOMPROMISE PUT YOU AT RISK FOR CELLULITIS
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DUE TO HIV, CANCER, OR CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS,
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Why does CHICKEN POX & SHINGLES
PUT YOU AT RISK FOR CELLULITIS |
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Definition
CAUSES CHRONIC SWELLING BECAUSE EDEMA CAUSES IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY.
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| CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CELLULITIS LOCALLY INCLUDE |
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Definition
| AN AREA THAT IS WARM, RED, SWOLLEN, AND PAINFUL |
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WHAT DOES THE ACUTE INFLAMMATORY FORM
LOOKE LIKE? |
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LARGE VESICLES & BULLAE, HOT SHINY, INDURATED, TENDERNESS, RED LINES ALONG THE LYMPHATIC VESSELS THAT ADVANCE TOWARD THE LYMPH NODES.
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| SYSTEMIC CLINICAL MANIFESTAIONS OF CELLULITIS |
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FEVER, MALAISE, CHILLS, TACHYCARDIA, AND LOW BP.
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| HOW IS CELLULITIS DIAGNOSED? |
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Definition
BY THE CLINICAL APPEARANCE OF THE AFFECTED AREA.THE WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT AND THE SED RATE WILL BE INCREASED. ANY WOUNDS PRESENT WILL BE CULTURED
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WHY WOULD YOU DO AN ULTRASOUND
IF THE CELLULITIS IS ON AN EXTREMITY |
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KEEPING THE CLIENT ON BEDREST WITH THE AFFECTED AREA ELEVATED AND APPLYING WARM COMPRESSES.
ANTIBIOTICS
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| WITH TREATMENT THE CELLULITIS USU. RESOLVES WITHIN??? |
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| WHY WOULD A CLIENT NEED A LONGER COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS |
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NURSING CARE
THE NURSE SHOULD NOT MARK THE AREAS WITH A BLACK MARKER.
TRUE OR FALES?
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FALES-
THIS IS DONE IN ORDER TO MONITOR THE SIZE OF THE AFFECTED AREA SO THAT IT CAN BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE AREA IS GETTING SMALLER, WHICH WOULD INDICATE IMPROVEMENT OR WHETHER IT IS GETTING LARGER, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT IT IS GETTING WORSE OR WHETHER IT IS STAYING THE SAME. |
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| WHAT SHOULDTHE NURSE MONITOR FOR COMPLICATIONS OF CELLULITIS? |
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SYSTEMIC INFECTION OR THE HAZARD’S OF IMMOBILITY.
THOSE INVOLVING THE SKIN AND FOR DVT’S.
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IF THE CELLULITIS IS ON A LEG THERE WILL ALREADY BE REDNESS, PAIN AND SWELLING, WHICH WOULD MASK CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF A DVT.
HOW SHOULD THE NURSE CHECK FOR SINGS OF A DVT?
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| THE NURSE SHOULD CHECK THE HOMAN’S SIGN |
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WHAT
CAUSES NECROTIZING FASCIITIS. |
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| FLESH EATING STREPTOCOCCUS |
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CELLULITIS IS VERY PAINFUL
TRUE OR FALES |
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TRUE-
THE CLIENT WILL NEED ANALGESICS. |
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| WHY WOULD YOU USE A BED CRADLE FOR A PT WITH CELLULITIS? |
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EVEN THE WEIGHT OF THE BED LINENS RESTING ON THE AFFECTED AREA MAY CAUSE SEVERE PAIN SO IT MAY BE NEEDED TO KEEP THE BED LINENS FROM RESTING DIRECTLY ON THE AREA.
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THE NURSE SHOULD TEACH PREVENTION MEASURES FOR CELLULITIS SUCH AS:
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KEEPING ALL WOUNDS CLEAN, AND COVERING OPEN WOUNDS AND CHANGING THE DRESSING AT LEAST ONCE DAILY.
THE CLIENT CAN USE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT FOR MINOR WOUNDS AND SCRAPES IF THERE IS NO ALLERGY.
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