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| itching, occurs primarily with various skin disorders, but may ne a manifestation of serious systemic disorders |
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| thickening of the skin caused by dry skin |
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| bacterial infection of the skin |
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| stap - beta hemolytic strep |
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| pyoderma(bacterial skin infection) is ussually caused by these bacteria |
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| infection of the hair follicle |
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| pimple to boil caused by infection of hair follicle that spreads into surrounding tissue |
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furuncle gone wild
- abcess of skin and subQ tissue invading several hair follicles |
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| common locations for carbuncles |
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| generalized nonfollicular infection of deeper connective tissue |
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| systemic antibiotics (oral or parenteral) |
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| cellulitis is treated with ______ |
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large, well circumscribed, red, raised lesion
- may be vessicles
- painful, itches, burns |
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| erysipelas is ussually caused by this bacteria |
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| erysipelas generally occurs on the these three body parts |
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| superficial infection of the skin that is very contagious |
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| bacterial skin infection r/t to poor hygiene or socioeconomics |
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| skin infection characterized by thin walled vessicles that rupture and drain honey yellow fluid, leading to crusts |
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| systemic antibiotic used to treat skin infections |
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| HSV I accounts for __% of herpes cases |
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herpes of the fingertip of medical personnel
- may autoinnoculate from one location to another |
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| stage of herpes infection that is the initial exposure |
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| nonprimary initial episode |
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| stage of herpes infection which consists of the initial outbreak of infection for either I or II; USSUALLY SEVERE |
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| stage of herpes infection that consists of subsequent episodes of same virus, less severe than initial episode and may be caused by stress |
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| acyclovir, Valtrex, Famvir |
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| three antivirals used to treat herpes |
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| maintenance antivirals are used for pts who have __ or more episodes per year |
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| if genital herpes is transferred to a baby, it can cause _______ |
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| herpes zoster (vericella zoster) |
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| herpes zoster virus resides in the ____ root and can be activated by high stress or decreased immunity |
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| zoster vaccines are given to prevent ______ in those over ____ of age |
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| antivirals are given within the first ____ of s/s of shingles |
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| medication used to treat post-herpatic neuralgia from shingles |
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| cimetidine, Echinacea, multivitamins, vitamin C |
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| four substances used to treat warts systemicly |
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| fungal infection caused by dermatophytes |
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| fungal dermatophyte infection of the head or hair covered skin |
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| fungal dermatophyte infection of skin on the body |
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| fungal dermatophyte infection of the groin (JOCK ITCH) |
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| fungal dermatophyte infection of the foot (ATHLETES FOOT) |
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| fungal dermatophyte infection of the toenails |
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| yeast infection of axilla, skin folds, inner thighs |
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| the female scabie burrows under the skin and lays ___ eggs daily for ____ then dies |
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| it takes ____ from the time of contact of scabies for s/s to appear |
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| itching continues after scabies treatment due to _____ deposited in the skin |
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| skin inflammation due to direct contact of an irritant or hypersensitivity to a product |
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| chronic rash associtiated with fenetic predisposition to respiratory allergies (eczema). Often a rx to asthma or hayfever |
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| chronic inflammation of scalp, eyelids, ear canals, nasolabial folds, axilla, or trunk |
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yellow, orange plaques, scales or crusts
- mild pruritis
- extreme dandruff |
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| excessive peeling of the skin |
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acne treatment whos mechanism is not completely understood
- clears sebaceous plug and speeds cellular turnover |
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| Retin-A takes _____ to see results |
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| Retin-A is pregnancy category ___ |
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| drug of choice for severe acne |
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| Accutane is pregnancy category __ |
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| increased liver enzymes - depression |
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| two side effects of accutane |
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disease characterized by appearance of bulae(blisters) on normal looking skin
- caused by an antibody-antigen reaction |
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| incidences of pemphigus vulgaris is more common in ____ and ____ decent |
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| pemphigus vulgaris is more common in _____ age |
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skin disorder that may be associated with penicillins, captopril, myesthenia gravis
- irregular erosions that are painful, bleed easily, heal slowly - rupture and cause large areas of eroded tissue |
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| management for pemphigus vulgaris is much the same as ____ due to the large amounts of eroded tissue |
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| noninfections inflammatory disease of skin in which epidermal cells produce at rate 6-10x faster than normal |
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| psoriasis occurs in __% of the population and is more common in ____ decent |
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condition which causes red, raised patches with silvery scales
- scraped scales reveal a dark red base with multiple bleeding points |
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| coal tar products may be used to treat ___ |
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| a retinoid used to treat psoriasis that causes the sloughing of scales |
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| tazorac is pregnancy category ___ |
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| treatment for psoriasis in which a steroid is injected directly into the lesion |
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| toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) |
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| rare, potentially fatal skin condition caused by acute drug reaction that causes erthema and bulae |
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| toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) |
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| skin condition that causes systemic toxicity |
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| toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) |
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| condition that can be caused by a reaction to sulfonamides, pyrazalones, barbituates, antibiotics |
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| to treat toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), the med that caused it is d/cd and healing takes ___ |
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| toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) |
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| treatment of this skin condition often requires admission to the burn unit of the hospital |
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| steven johnon synndrome - SJS |
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| potentially life threatening skin condition that is ussually a reaction to antibiotics, viral infection, or malignancy |
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| SJS has a mortality rate of ___% |
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| upper respiratory infection |
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| sjs begins with a nonspecific _________ |
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| condition that presents with mucocutaneous lesions of the oronasopharynx and h/a, malaise, arthralgia |
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skin condition which consists of a rash that progresses from macule to papule to vescile - bulae
- bulae ruptures and leaves large areas of denude skin |
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disease whos topical lesion has the appearance of a target
- skin biopsy is only definative test |
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| with sjs, a ____ prophylaxis is given if pt is not current |
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| skin lesion that contains fluid or solid material and is treated by removal |
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premalignant skin lesions on sun-exposed areas
- removed by shave excision, cryo, or topical medication |
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| benign flat tan, brown, or black lesion that occurs on face, neck, or upper body - few cm in size |
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| angioma that is present at birth and fades, but doesn't disappear |
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angioma that persists indefinately
- covered by cosmetics or laser removed |
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- moles - vary in color, size, and may be flat, macular, or elevated
- can become malignant |
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overgrowth of scar tissue
- treatment is ussually not successful |
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tumor of connective tissue
- firm, cone-shaped papule ussually on extremities |
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| Von Recklinghausen's disease |
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| neurofibromatosis that is hereditary |
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| Von Recklinghausen's disease |
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| neurofibromatosis has cafe'-au'lait macules, axillary freckling |
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| Von Recklinghausen's disease |
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neurofibromatosi that causes developmental changes of the nervous system, muscles, and bonees
- may become malignant |
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| most common and least deadly skin cancer |
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waxy nodule with pearly borders, central ulceration
- invades surrounding tissue but rarely metastesizes |
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ussual treatment for basal cell carcinoma
- may also use topical ____ |
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| shaving a lesion off layer by layer |
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| rough, thickened, scaly tumor that is asymptomatic or bleeds easily |
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skin cancer that can metastesize and effect blood or lymphatic tissue
- prognosis depends on stage and level of metastesis |
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| daily use of sunscreen can reduse the recurrance of squamous cell carcinoma by __ |
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| lentigo maligna melanomas |
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| malignant pigmented lesion on exposed skin areas |
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| malignant, spherical, blueberry-like nodule, relatively uniform, blue/black in color |
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| ______ melanomas have a poorer prognosis |
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| acral-lentigious melanoma |
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malignant lesion that occurs on areas not exposed (palms, soles of feer, nail beds)
- become INVASIVE EARLY |
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| _____ antibodies are used as treatment for melanomas |
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| interferon alpha - interleukin 2 |
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| two Biologic response modifiers used to treat melanoma |
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