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Margins of lesions are described as
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Sharp
Irregular or ill defined |
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Zosterform / Dermatomal
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Refers to morphology.
Linear arrangement of lesions along a nerve route. May also be used to describe the arrangement of lesions |
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Confluent
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Refers to arrangement of lesions.
Lesions run to gether and coalesce |
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Descrete
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Refers to arrangement of lesions.
Seprate, by itself. Distinct individual lesions which remain separate. |
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Localized
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Refers to arrangement of lesions.
Lesions groouped in specific areas of the body. |
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Generalized
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Refers to arrangement of lesions.
Lesions dispensed all over the body. |
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Urticaria
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Hives, raised edematous plaques associated with intense itching.
Results from release of inflammatory resposne to allergen. |
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Lunula
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Moon shaped area of the nail.
Lies over the nail matrix. |
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Dermis
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Is well supplied with blood vessels.
Contains connective tissue, sebaccous glands and hair follicles. |
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Sebaceous Glands
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Produce sebum and secreete it through the hair follicles.
Sebum, oils & lubircates the skin & hair. It forms an emulsion with H2O that retards H20 loss from skin. Sebaceous glands are everywhere but the hands and feet. |
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Terminal Hair
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Courser, darker, thicker harir that is grown on the scalp, eyebrows, axillae, pubic area, face & chest.
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Vellus Hair
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Fine hair that covers most of the body
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Bulb matrix of the hair root
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Area where new cells are produced.
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Apocrine Glands
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Sweat glands found mainly in the axille & genitalia region.
Secretions from these glands are responsible for body odor. |
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Epidermis
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No blood vessels are found in this layer. Epidermis is composed of an outer layer of dead cells & an inner cellular layer where melanin and keratin are formed
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Eccrine Glands
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Sweat glands that are coiled tubules that open directly onto the skin.
They produce sweat needed to regulate body temperature. |
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Puritus
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Itching
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Primary Puritus
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Results from release of histamine during inflammation.
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Secondary pruritus
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May occur due to a systemic disease.
eg; liver / kidney failure |
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Keloid
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Scar formation on the skin not proportionate to the injury.
Raised, red & firm. |
