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