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39 Cards in this Set
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What is most often caused by unrelieved pressure
Risk Factors |
Pressure Ulcers
Immobility, Incontinence, Malnutrition, Chronic Disease, Anemia |
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What is a flat, circumscribed area that is change of color in the skin. Less than 1cm (freckles, flat moles, measles, scarlet fever)
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Macule
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What is an elevated, firm, circumscribed area less than 1cm
(wart, elevated moles, lichen planus) |
Papule
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What is a flat, nonpalpable, irregular shaped macule more than 1cm in diameter.
(Vitiligo, port wine stain, Mongolian spot, cafe au lait spots) |
Patch
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What is an elevated, firm, and rough lesion with flat top surface more than 1 cm in diameter?
(psoriasis, seborrheic and actinic keratoses) |
Plaque
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What is an inflammatory disorder of the skin that is the most common.
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Eczema
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What is the inflammatory disorder of the skin related to allergens, skin itches, keeping the skin moist, that is very common in infancy and small children that is worse in winter?
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Eczema
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When is a delayed hypersensitivity reaction such as poison ivy, causes swelling, redness, vesicle type pustules
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Allergic Contact Dermatitis
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What are the 4 Inflammatory Disorders of the skin?
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Eczema, Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Atopic Dermatitis, Seborrheic Dermatitis
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What is a chronic relapsing, proliferative skin disorder that causes silvery scales that is related to red dye.
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Psoriasis
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What is an inflammation of the sebaceous gland
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Acne vulgaris
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What is an inflammation of the skin that develops in middle adulthood that occurs ont he face that gets worse with cold weather
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Acne Rosacea
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What is the immune disorder that may affect skin with a BUTTERFLY RASH
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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What is a bacterial infectino of the hair follicle
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Folliculitis
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What is a "boil" that is an inflammation of hair follicle caused by folliculitis
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Furuncles
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What is a collection of the hair follicle
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Carbuncle
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What is an infection of the skin that you'll see redness, swelling, pain, that is caused by staph and strep, that can cause flesh eating disesae
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cellulitis
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What is a superficial infection of the skin caused by staph that is seen in hot weather across the underwear strap
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Impetigo
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Which Herpes causes fever blisters around the mouth?
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Type 1
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Which herpes is a genital infection
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type 2
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Which herpes occurs years after a chickenpox infection
aka shingles |
Herpes zoster
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What's another name for Herpes Varicella that is very contagious
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Chicken pox
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What are small, rough tumors on the hands and feet caused by a viral infection
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Warts (verruca)
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What is the tinea infection associated with the foot
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Tinea Pedis
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What is the tinea infection associated with the head
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Tinea Capitis
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What is the tinea infection associated with ringworm?
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Tinea corporis
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What looks like a heat rash with little red bumps under the breast and groin area?
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Candidiasis
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What can cause Lyme disease-rash
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Ticks
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What gives the skin a smooth, warty appearance, but the warts aren't raised
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Seborrheic Keratosis
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What is a precursor to skin cancer
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Actinic Keratosis
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What is a darkened area of the skin?
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Nevi-Mole
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Which carcinoma is associated with skin cancer, caused by exposure to sunlight that is the least deadly
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Basal cell carcinoma
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Which carcinoma is associated with sunlight that will become malignant if untreated that grows more rapidly than basal cell
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Squamous cell carcinoma
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What is the most deadly, most serious malignant lesion?
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Malignant melanoma
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What is the vascular malignancy in immunosupressed people (AIDS)
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Kaposi's sarcoma
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What is hair loss?
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Alopecia
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What is excessive hair growth in women in a male like pattern
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Hirsutism
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What is an acute inflammation of the cuticle?
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Paronychia
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What is a fungal infection of the nail plate that causes the nail to become thick and yellow?
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Onychomycosis
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