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Yellowish color of skin in light skinned people is called ?
Jaundice
Yellowish-green color of skin with dark skinned people is called ?
Jaundice
Pale skin color that may appear white with light skinned people is called ?
pallor
With dark skinned people if the skin tone appears lighter than normal it is called ?
pallor
Diabetic ? causes changes in the small blood vessels that often appear like small brown, scaly patches occurring mostly on the ?
dermopathy

legs
? also known as thickening of the arteries can affect the skin on the legs. The skin becomes hairless, thin, cool, and shiny.
Atherosclerosis
Thickening of the arteries known as ? can cause the toes to become cold and toe nails to thicken and ?
Atherosclerosis

discolor
? is a loss of movement, sensation, or other functions of the nerves.
Neuropathy
Neuropathy is often experienced in the lower ? by those with Diabetes Millitis
extremities
Neuropathy makes it easier for damage to be caused to extremities due to ? sensation.
decreased
? disease is a circulation disorder that does not provide enough oxygen enriched blood to supply organs of the body.
Vascular
Vascular disease causes ? skin temps or thinning brittle ? skin on the legs and feet.
decreased
shiny
? loss, ? wounds over pressure points and skin appearing pallor in color when legs are elevated are all signs of ?
Hair
Non-healing
Vascular disease
People with COPD may appear ? due to lack of oxygen circulation.
cyanotic
Immobility may cause ? of skin around boney prominences that may develop into ? ulcers and alter skin ?
thinning
pressure
integrity
White lines across finger nails are known as ? lines and this is due to ?
Beau
Anemia
Anemia can cause skin to appear ? due to lack of oxygen.
pale
When assessing skin lesion characteristics we should be examining for S,P,E,C,S,L,E,D
Size, Pattern, Elevation, Color, Shape, Location, Exudate, Distribution on body
The ABCDEF rule of Skin lesions?
Asymetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Elevation, Feeling
? skin lesions are normal variations of the skin including moles, freckles, and patches.
Primary
Many Primary lesions are considered ? findings and are associated with a specific disease process or injury.
abnormal
Flat, circumscribed area that is a change in color of the skin and less than 1cm in diameter. e.g. freckles, flat moles(nevi), petechiae, measles, scarlet fever
Macule
Elevated, firm, circumscribed area. e.g. Wart(verucca), elevated mole, lichen planus, cherry angioma, skin tag.
Papule
An elevated, firm, and rough lesion with flat top. e.g. psoriasis, seborrheic and actinic keratosis, eczema.
Plaque
Elevated, irregular-shaped area of cutaneous edema; solid, transient. e. g. insect bite, urticarial, allergic reaction, lupus erthematosus.
Wheal
Elevated, firm, circumscribed lesion, deep in dermis. e.g. nodosum lipomas, melanoma, hemangioma, neurofibroma
Nodule
Elevated and solid lesion, deeper in dermis, greater than 2cm in diameter. e.g. Neoplasms, lipoma, hemangioma
Tumor
Elevated, circumscribed, superficial lesion filled with serous fluid. e.g. varicella, herpes zoster, impetigo, acute eczema.
Vesicle
A vesicle greater than 1 cm in diameter e.g. Blister, pemphigus vulgaris, lupus erythematosus, impetigo, drug reaction
Bulla
Elevated, superficial lesion filled with purulent fluid. e.g. Acne impetigo, folliculitis, herpes simplex.
Pustule
Elevated circumscribed, encapsulated lesion in dermis or subQ layer; filled with liquid or semisolid material is a? e.g. Sebaceous ?, ? acne.
Cyst
Cyst
Cystic
Small blood hemorrhages; pinpoint hemorrhages that are capillary bleeding.
Petechia
A reddish purple non-blanchable spot of variable size,caused by trauma to the blood vessel resulting in bleeding under the tissue.
Ecchymosis
Forms with leakage of blood in a confined space caused by a break in a blood vessel and gives the skin a spongy-lump. Caused by direct trauma.
Hematoma