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| brown color pigment; increased by the sun |
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| orange-yellow pigment, most noticeable in palms and soles |
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| oxygen-carrying pigment in RBC's |
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| coarse hair found on head, brows, lashes, pubis, axilla, male chest and face |
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| What factors can increase bruising? |
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| leukemia, chemo, alcoholics, blood thinners |
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| What medications most commonly cause skin allergy? |
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| barbiturates (most common), aspirin, antibiotics |
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| What medications most commonly cause photosensitivity? |
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| sulfonamides, thiazides, oral hypoglycemics, tetracycline |
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| What medications cause increased pigmentation? |
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| anti-malarials, anti-neoplastics, hormones, metals, tetracycline |
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| Where would you see changes in skin pigmentation more easily in a dark skinned person? |
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| oral mucosa, under tongue, lips, nail bed, sclera, conjunctiva |
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| Smoking causes what change in skin color? |
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| paleness due to vasoconstriction |
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| What is the scale for measuring edema? |
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1+mild
2+moderate
3+deep
4+very deep |
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| a small, smooth, slightly raised bright red dot which commonly appear on the trunk in all adults over 30y/o. Increase in size and number w/aging and are not significant |
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| What are the typical characteristics of bruises that are a result of abuse? |
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| multiple that are in different stages of healing, the shape of the bruise, and in places hidden on the body |
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What should you asses a lesion for when assessing for possible malignancy?
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Asymmetrical
Border (uneven-not smooth)
Color (multiple colors on 1 lesion)
Diameter (size) |
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What is the normal degree of the angle of the nail base?
What degree is a sign of early clubbing? |
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Normal: 160 degrees or less
Early clubbing: 180 degrees |
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| how many seconds is normal capillary refill? |
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| What are some normal skin changes in the aging adult? |
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| atrophy of sweat/sebaceous glands, thinning, decreased collagen and subq fat, decreased vascularity, increased capillary fragility, wrinkles, dryness (xerosis) |
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| What are common benign lesions on the aging adult? |
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| senile lentigines (age spots/liver spots), cherry angiomas, keratoses (thickened small raised areas |
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| What are common hair changes with aging? |
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| slowed growth; ear, nose, & brow increase; hair loss (w shape) |
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| What are common nail changes |
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| slowed growth; brittle; thickening |
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| a pt has an increased serum bilirubin, what abnormal findings of the skin would you report? |
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| a skin lesion that is solely a color change; flat and circumscribed of less than 1cm |
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| macule (ex. freckles, measles) |
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| a skin lesion that is solid, elevated, circumscribed and less than 1cm |
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a skin lesion that is solid, elevated, hard or soft
goes deeper into the dermis >1cm |
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| skin lesion that is superficial, raised, transient erythematous; slightly irregular shape due to edema |
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| Wheal (ex. mosquito bite, allergic reaction) |
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| skin lesion that is an elevated cavity containing free fluid, up to 1 cm; A blister with clear serum |
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| Vesicle (herpes, chickenpox) |
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| skin lesion with Turbid fluid in the cavity. circumscribed and elevated |
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| Describe each stage of a pressure ulcer |
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Stage 1- can't blanch/skin still intact
Stage 2- skin is open; looks like an abrasion or open blister w/ a red-pink wound bed (partial thickness)
Stage 3- extends into subq tissue (full thickness)
Stage 4- involves all skin layers and exposes muscle, or bone (full thickness) |
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| medical term for a bruise; a purplish patch resulting from extravasation of blood into the skin |
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| tiny splinter hemorrhages due to poor clotting |
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| a bruise you can feel; elevates the skin and is seen as swelling |
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| excess body hair in females forming a male sexual pattern |
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