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| the body's largest organ system, covers 20 square feet of surface area in the average adult. |
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- stratum germinativum or basal cell layer
- stratum corneum or horny cell layer
- derivation of skin color
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connective tissue or collagen
elastic tissue |
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- protection
- prevents penetration
- perception
- temp regulation
- identification
- communication
- wound repair
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- previous history of skin disease
- change in mole
- change in pigmentation
- pruritus
- rash or lesion
- medications
- hair loss
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Texture, thickness, edema, vascularity or bruising, lesions.
Nails- shape and contou, consistency, color |
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A- asymmerty
B- border
C- color
D- diameter
E- elevation and enlargement |
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Abnormal findings
(vascular lesions)
Hemangiomas |
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- port-wine stain
- strawberry mark (immature hemangioma)
- cavernous hemangioma (mature)
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Abnormal findings
(vascular lesions)
Telangiectases |
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spider or star angioma
venous lake |
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abnormal findings
(vascular lesions)
Purpuric lesions |
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Abnormal findings
(vascular lesions)
Lesions caused by trauma or abuse |
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| pattern injury, hematoma, ecchymosis (buising) |
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| Circular, begins in center and spreads to periphery (e.g. ringworm) |
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| lesions run together (e.g hives) |
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| Distinct, individual lesions that remain separate (e.g molluscum) |
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| Clusters of lesions (e.g vesicles of contract dermatitis) |
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| ( twisted, coiled spiral, snake like) |
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| resembles iris of eye, concentric rings of color in the lesions (e.g erythema multiforme) |
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| a scratch, streak, line or stripe |
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| Annular lesions grow together (e.g lichen, planus) |
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| linear arrangement along a nerve route (e.g herpes) |
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| Solely a color change, flat and circumscribed, or less than 1 cm (e.g. freckles) |
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| something you can feel, caused by superficial thicknening in the epidermis (e.g elevated nevus (mole) |
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| Macules tha are larger than 1cm. E.g mongolian spot, measle rash |
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| papules coalesce to form surface elevation wider than 1 cm. disk-shaped lesion. (E.g psoriasis, lichen planus.) |
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| soild, elevated, hard or soft, larger than 1cm. E.g intradermal nevi (mole) |
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| superficial raised, transient, and erythematous, slightly irregular shape due to edema (e.g mosquito bite, allergic reactions) |
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| larger than a few centimeters in diameter, firm or soft deeper into dermis. E.g lipoma, hemangioma |
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| wheals coalesce to form extensive reactions, intensely pruritic (hives) |
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| Elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1 cm a "blister" leare serum flows if wall is ruptured. ex. herpes simplex, chickenpox, shingles |
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| larger than 1 cm diameter usually single chambered. it is thin walled so it ruptures easily. (E.g friction blister, prmphius, burns) |
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| excapsulated fluid filled cavity in dermis or subcutaneous layer, tensely elevated skin. |
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| turbid fluid (pus) inthe cavity evevated e.g acne |
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| the thcikened, dried-out exudate left when vesicels burst or dry up. color can be red-brown, honey or yellow. (ex. scab after abrasion) |
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| compact, desiccated flakes of skin, dray or greasy, silvery or white, from shedding of dead excess keratin cells. ex. eczema, dry skin |
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| linear crack with abrupt edges, extends into dermis, dry or moist. ex. athletes foot |
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| scooped out but shallow depression. epidermis lost, moist but not bleeding. heals without scar |
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| deeper depression extending into dermis, irregular shape, may bleed, leaves scar when heals. ex. pressure sore |
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| self-inflicted abrasion, superficial, sometimes crusted, scratches from intense itching. ex. insect bites, scabies |
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| after a skin lesion is repaired, normal tissue is lost and replaced with connective tissue. e.g healed area of surgery or injury, acne |
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| resulting skin level depressed with loss of tissue, a thinning of the epidermis. e.g striae |
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| prolonged intense scratching eventually thickens the skin and produces tighly packed sets of papules |
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| a hypertrophic scar. resulting skin level is elevated by excess scar tissue, which is invasive beyond the site of original injury. may increase long after healing occurs. loos smooth, rubbery |
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| Skin lesions associated with AIDS |
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| Epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma |
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