Blister

Impetigo is a contagious childhood skin disease (Lawton, 2014). It is commonly diagnosed in children from two to five years old (Hartman-Adams, Banvard, & Juckett, 2014). Impetigo can present in two forms; bullous and non-bullous (Watkins, 2013). Both forms may appear at the same time (Watkins, 2013). Transmission can occur through direct or indirect contact (Lawton, 2014). Treatment may involve topic or oral antibiotics if skin cleansing alone does not resolve the disease (Watkins, 2013).…

contagious infection that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Everybody can be infected by the varicella-zoster virus but it effects younger children’s more. Chickenpox can last up to 15 days Symptoms: A itchy rash that causes blisters with fluid, and once the blister erupts it causes to develop a crust. Also fever, feeling tired, headache, and anorexia is common. Treatment: The body has to fight the virus on its own. For the symptoms special creams to prevent from itching, and pain…

pastures. 3. This plant contains photo chemicals in its juices that react to sunlight to cause a blistering burn. 4. Skin that comes into contact with the sap becomes extremely sensitive to sunlight, resulting in a painful burn that produces severe blisters and scarring. Sap in the eyes can cause blindness. Contact with the broken stem, leaves or seeds causes exposure to the dangerous sap (http://www.adirondack.net). B. Identification 1. Wild parsnip has yellow/green flower clusters…

How would it feel knowing that children wake up every morning with their feet in pain and blisters covering their skin. Knowing they have just walked 500 miles and need to walk 500 more just to get safe, this is the daily life of refugee child. Refugees are a problem in Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples, and in real life. Real life situations have influenced the book in many ways. With Staples being a journalist herself she witnessed some of the acts of being a refugee.…

Dermatology Department Today we will discuss the main conditions or diseases we see here in the pediatric department of Dermatology. First we will discuss Ringworms also known as Tinea. I am sure everyone has known someone and especially a child who has gotten ringworms. Before I say anything let me inform you a ringworm is not caused by a worm, I will explain where the name comes from soon. Ringworm is a dermatitis (skin rash), which is caused by dermatomycosis (fungal infection of the skin).…

pain, also dry, peeling skin as the burn heals. 2nd degree burns are more serious since it doesn’t only affect the top layer of the skin but also beneath that. Signs and symptoms of a second-degree burn the skin will be extremely red and sore and blisters are present. Second degree burns get more serious once widely spread on face, hands, buttocks, groins, feet. Lastly, the most serious type of burn degree, 3rd degree burns causes the most damage, affecting every of the skin, can also get to the…

an infected person, yet it can be healed in several ways. Chickenpox has specific classic symptoms that infected people might notice it in their bodies or physical health. One of the most obvious signs is itchy rash spots on skin. chickenpox blisters often emerge on the face, chest, and back first. It then spreads to the rest of the body, including inside the mouth, arms, legs, and eyelids(1). Another symptoms that may appear earlier than a rash consist of fever, headache and loss of…

of taste, drooling, pain behind ear and increase sensitivity to sound is also another symptoms of Bell’s Palsy. Bell’s Palsy can be cause from viral or bacterial infection. From viral the most common infection is herpes simplex, which cause fever blisters and cold sore. The other common viral infection is varicella zoster, which cause chicken pox. Other viral infections that destroys facial never are HIV, influenza,…

believe that bleeding is more likely to kill then the pestilence itself. The French solution? Some coffee and tea, if the patient can keep it down.The second difference is some Philadelphia doctors “blister” victims. This includes rubbing crushed Spanish Fly Beetles on their skin until it blisters. French doctors would never dream of blistering a single person, and their treatment includes cooling down temperature with cool rags and baths. Some American doctors, including Dr. Benjamin Duffield…

Smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by the variola virus (variola major and variola minor). Smallpox gets its name from the pus-filled blisters (or pocks) that form during the illness. The variola virus, which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus, the family Poxviridae and subfamily chordopoxvirinae, is a double-strand DNA virus. After the virus has developed inside the host after around a week, symptoms such as high fever, chills, headache, back and abdominal pains and vomiting…