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Medical term for single permanently dilated capillaries
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TELENGIECTASES
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A very itchy skin infestation where burrows are seeN:
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SCABIES
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Skin diseases which are contagious can be accredited to?
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MICROBIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES
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Is a skin disease that is caused by disorder of the keratinization process of the skin where coarse scales are formed.
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ICHTHYOSIS
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An increase of fluid within the tissue:
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OEDEMA
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BOILS ARE CAUSED BY:
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BACTERIA
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Name 3 malignant tumors of the epithelial tissue:
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MELANOMA
SARCOMA CARCINOMA |
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HERPES ZOSTER (SHINGLES) IS A PAINFUL DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE:
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AFFECTS THE NERVES
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WHAT MAY BE A SIGN OF LIVER DISEASE:
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SPIDER NAEVI
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RINGWORM IS CAUSED BY A:
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FUNGUS
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WHAT CAUSES A PORT WINE STAIN:
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AN ABNORMAL GROWTH OF BLOOD VESSELS
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A STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE BODY TISSUE BROUGHT ABOUT BY DISEASE OR INJURY IS A:
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LESIONS
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NAME 3 PRIMARY LESIONS:
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FRECKLES
PIMPLES MOSQUITO BITES |
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WHAT IS A FUNGAL INFECTION ON THE SKIN WHICH CAUSES SMALL AREAS OF THE SKIN TO CHANGE COLOR, ESPECIALLY TANNED SKIN:
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TINEA VERSICOLOR
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WHAT ARE ITCHY PUS FILLED VESICLES CAUSED BY ANIMAL PARASITES THAT BURROW INTO THE SKIN:
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SCABIES
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NAME 2 BLISTERS THAT CONTAIN CLEAR, WATER FLUID:
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VESICLES
BULLAE |
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WHAT IS A TERM FOR A SPOT OF DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A FRECKLE:
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MACULE
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WHAT DOES POISON IVY PRODUCE:
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VESICLES
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NAME A DISORDER OF THE SUDORIFEROUS GLAND:
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PRICKLY HEAT
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SECONDARY LESIONS ALWAYS DEVELOP WHEN:
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IN THE LATER STAGES OF DISEASE
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INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN THAT IS CONTAGIOUS IS:
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HERPES SIMPLEX
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NAME THE DEAD CELLS THAT FORM OVER A WOUND OR BLEMISH DURING THE HEALING PROCESS:
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CRUST
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A THICK OR RAISED SCAR RESULTING FROM DISPROPORTIONATE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE IS CALLED A:
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KELOID
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WHAT FACTORS CAN BRING ABOUT ABNORMAL PIGMENTATION:
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INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CAUSES
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NAME 3 SEBACEOUS GLAND DISORDERS:
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FURUNCLES
ACNE ROSACEA |
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NAME THE 2 TYPES OF DYSCHROMIA:
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HYPOPIGMENTATION
HYPERPIGMENTATION |
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DOES MILIA DEVELOP IN HAIR FOLLICLES:
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NO
FURUNCLES, BLACKHEADS AND OPEN COMEDONES DO |
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MOLES, CHLOASMA AND TANNED SKIN ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT:
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HYPERPIGMENTATION
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WHAT CAN AGGRAVATE ROSACEA:
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ALCOHOL
CAFFEINE SPICY FOODS HEAT STRESS |
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NAME 3 DIFFERENT NAEVUS:
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BIRTHMARK
MOLE PORT WINE STAIN |
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WHAT CAN FORM A STEATOMA:
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A MASS OF SEBUM
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NAME 2 TYPES OF HYPOPIGMENTATION:
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ALBINISM
VITILIGO |
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WHATS THE MAIN LESION VISIBLE IN PSORIASIS:
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PLAQUE
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NAME 3 PRIMARY LESIONS:
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MACULES
BULLAE PAPULES |
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MEDICAL TERM FOR A WART:
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VERRUCA
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WHAT IS A WART CAUSED BY:
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A VIRUS
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STRETCH MARKS ARE A RESULT OF:
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DEGENERATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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AN ABNORMAL GROWTH, RESULTING FROM UNCONTROLLED PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLICATION OF CELLS WHICH VARY IN SHAPE, SIZE AND HUE IS A:
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TUMORS
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WHAT REFERS TO SKIN INFLAMMATION:
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DERMATITIS
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AN ALLERGIC REACTION CAUSING INFLAMMATION TO THE SKIN FROM FROM A SUBSTANCE OR A CHEMICAL IS CALLED:
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CONTACT DERMATITIS
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A DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN OR NAIL IS CALLED:
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DYSCHROMIA
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THE NAME FOR THE DEAD SHEDDING CELLS OF THE UPPERMOST LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS ARE KNOWS AS:
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SCALES
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WHAT OCCURS WHEN SEBUM AND PUS ARE MIXED WITH EPIDERMAL FLAKES:
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CRUSTS
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WHEN A LESION EXPANDS INTO TEH DERMIS OR DEEPER AND RESULTS IN A SLIGHTLY RAISED MARK IT IS KNOW AS A :
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SCAR
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RED SCALY PATCHES OF INFLAMMATION AND EXCESSIVE SKIN PRODUCTION WHICH RAPIDLY TAKES ON A SILVERY-WHITE APPEARANCE ARE CAUSED BY:
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PSORIASIS
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WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR LENTIGO:
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FRECKLES
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CONGENITAL LACK OF PIGMENTATION IN THE EYES, SKIN HAIR IS CALLED:
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ALBINISM
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SMALL SOLID ELEVATION ABOVE THE SKINS SURFACE WITH NO VISIBLE FLUID, BUT MAY OPE WHEN SCRATCHED AND BECOME INFECTED AND DEVELOP PUS IS A:
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PAPULE
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BENIGN, KERATIN FILLED CYSTS THAT APPEAR JUST UNDER THE EPIDERMIS ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH NEWBORN BABIES; BUT APPEAR ON PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE:
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MILIA
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LOSS OF SKIN DUE TO SCRATCHING OR PICKING OFF THE SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF THE SKIN IS CALLED:
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EXCORIATION
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A BLISTER CONTAINING CLEAR FLUID IS KNOWN AS A:
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VESICLE
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BROWN SPOTS ON THE SKIN COMMONLY KNOWN AS LIVER SPOTS:
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CHLOASMA OR MELASMA
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MARK, WOUND OR ABNORMALITY OF THE SKIN ARE REFERRED TO AS:
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LESIONS
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CHRONIC LENGTHY INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN OF UNKNOWN CAUSE, PARTICULARLY WITH VESICULATION IN THE ACUTE STAGES IS:
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ECZEMA
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LACK OF PERSPIRATION WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY FEVER OR DISEASE IS KNOWN AS:
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ANHIDROSIS
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FOUL SMELLING PERSPIRATION IS CALLED:
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BROMHIDROSIS
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COMMONLY CALLED A CALLUS, BUT WHEN GROWN INWARD IT IS KNOWN AS A CORN:
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KERATOMA
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MOST COMMON FORM OF SKIN CANCER:
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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
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WHEN HARDENED SEBUM TURNS BLACK FROM BEING EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT IT HAS:
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OXIDIZED
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INFLAMMATORY DISORDER OF THE SUDORIFEROUS GLANDS CAUSED BY HEAT:
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MILIARIA RUBRA
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ANOTHER NAME FOR A SCAR:
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CICATRIX
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STEATOMA IS ALSO KNOWN AS:
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SEBACEOUS CYST
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NAME 3 FACTORS OF WHY SKIN SHOWS SIGNS OF VISIBLE AGING:
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SUN EXPOSURE
GENETICS LIFESTYLE |
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SKIN DISORDER AFFECTING THE SCALP, FACE, TRUNK CAUSING FLAKING, SCALY, ITCHY RED SKIN. PARTICULARLY AFFECTS TEH SEBUM-GLAND RICH AREAS OF THE SKIN:
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SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS
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