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| What does ABCDE Stand for? |
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Danger Signs:
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A = Asymmetry of pigmented lision
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B = Border irregularity
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C = Color, variation or dark black color
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D = Diameter greater than 6mm
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E = Elevation and Enlargement
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| Gland that produces a protecte lipid, sebum, with is scerected throgh the hair follicles |
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| A gland of the skin that are coiled tubules that open directly onto the skin's surface and produces sweat |
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| is responsible for the various colors and tones of skin |
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| Generalized coolness of the body or may be induced in a limb |
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| Occurs with an increased metabolic rate, such as in fever or after Heavy exercise |
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| or profuse perspiration, accompanies an increased metabolic rate, such as occurs in heavy activity or fever |
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| How does dehydrated skin look and feel? |
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- Mucous membranes look dry
- the lips look parched and cracked
- extreme dryness, the skin is fissured, resembling cracks in a desert.
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| fluid accumulating in the intercellular spaces and is not normally present. |
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How do you check for edema?
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Imprint the thumbs firmly against the ankle malleolus or the tibia. If the pressure leaves a dent in the skin "pitting" edema is present
1 + for mild edema
4 + for deep pitting edema |
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| What is affected by the presence edema? |
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| Are small, smooth, slightly raised, bright red dots that commonly appear on the trunk in all adults over 30. |
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| any abnormality of the skin |
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| When a lesion develops on previously unaltered skin |
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| When a lesion changes over time due to factors such as scratching or infection. |
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| is any fluid that filters from the circulatory system into lesions or areas of inflammation |
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| is a blue coloration of the skin and mucous membranes |
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| is a benign flat congenital birthmark with wavy borders and irregular shape |
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| (Latin for "black line") is a dark vertical line that appears on the abdomen during pregnancy |
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| is an irregular brown patch of hperpigmentation on the face. May occur with pregnancy or in women taking oral contraceptive pills |
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| They are also known as age spots, liver spots, sun spots, lentigos |
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| are flesh-colored pedunculated (a stalk) lesions that tend to occur in areas of skin folds |
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