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LESION)
Erosions
(Primary or secondary) - ANSWER Moist, red, shiney, circumscribed lesion lacking the
upper layer of skin, usually from the rupture of a Vesicles, linear ones are caused by
scratching.
Secondary.
(LESION)
Cysts
(Primary or secondary) - ANSWER Fluid filed lesions where skin can be moved over the
top.
Secondary
(LESION)
Scar
(Primary or secondary) - ANSWER Fibrous tissue where a skin lesion has healed.
Secondary
(LESION)
Keloid
(Primary or secondary) - ANSWER A scar where it has been heaped up because
excessive growth of collagen
Secondary.
Dermatitis - ANSWER Inflammation of the skin
Acute Dermatitis - ANSWER Dermatitis where it is red, oozing, and crusting is present.
Chronic Dermatits - ANSWER Dermatitis where dryness and scaling. and is often
accompanied by fissures and linchenification.
Atopic Dermatitis - ANSWER where acute dermatitis becomes chronic
Contact Dermatitis - ANSWER Can be either acute or chronic and is caused by the skin
coming in contact with an allergen. (ie jewelry)
(BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION)
Impetigo - ANSWER A superficial staph infection accompanied by honey colored crusts.
, it is very contagious
(BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION)
Folliculitis - ANSWER An infected hair follicle.
(BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION)
Cellulitis - ANSWER a staph infection that spread rapidly by breaking down cell
membranes, causing skin to inflammed.
(FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION)
Tinea Corpris - ANSWER Ringworm
(FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION)
Tinea Pedis - ANSWER Athletes foot
(FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION)
Tinea Capitis - ANSWER Fungal infection of the scalp
(FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION)
Tinea Cruris - ANSWER Jock Itch
(FUNGAL SKIN INFECTION)
Tinea Versicolor - ANSWER Condition where a fungus like infection causes scaling
which appears light on dark skinned people and vise-versa.
4 main types of warts and what causes them - ANSWER Caused by HPV, passsed by
direct contact with infected person.
1) Hyperkeratotic Papules on hands or fingers
2)Planar warts on the feet
3)Planar Warts are on the face or legs spread by shaving
4)Genital Warts, can cause cancer
What is herpes and what are the two main types - ANSWER Herpes are a viral
infection.
1)simplex I is oral herpes or cold sores
2)Simplex II is genial herpes
Molluscum Contagiosum - ANSWER Warts of the POX family. the appear pink with
center indented
Scabies - ANSWER An infection of a microscopic mite that burrows in the the epidermis
causing intense itching. secondary bacterial injection is common