MS Chapter 57 Skin Disorders 2025/2026
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age related changes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔➢ Wrinkling a result of thinning skin
ayers and degeneration of elastin fibers
➢ Decreased sweat glands, although production changes little until
advanced age
➢ Decreased sebum production, becomes apparent earlier in women than
in men
➢ Dryness and pruritus are common
➢ Skin pales because the number of cells that produce melanin decreases
➢ Skin lesions are common
➢ Nails flatten; becomes dry, brittle, and discolored
, Diagnostic test and procedures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔● Culture and microscopic
examination of skin specimens
● Wood's light examination
● Patch testing for allergy
● Biopsy
➔ Shave
➔ Punch
➔ Incisional
➔ Excisional
A type of therapyused in the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and choric
eczema - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔phototherapy
Patient should not be treated with phototherapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔36 years
old woman with lupus erythmatosus
Rationale: Many people with lupus experience photosensitivity to sunlight.
They can trigger symptoms such as skin rashes, itching, and burning.
Exam Questions and Answers | 100%
Solved
age related changes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔➢ Wrinkling a result of thinning skin
ayers and degeneration of elastin fibers
➢ Decreased sweat glands, although production changes little until
advanced age
➢ Decreased sebum production, becomes apparent earlier in women than
in men
➢ Dryness and pruritus are common
➢ Skin pales because the number of cells that produce melanin decreases
➢ Skin lesions are common
➢ Nails flatten; becomes dry, brittle, and discolored
, Diagnostic test and procedures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔● Culture and microscopic
examination of skin specimens
● Wood's light examination
● Patch testing for allergy
● Biopsy
➔ Shave
➔ Punch
➔ Incisional
➔ Excisional
A type of therapyused in the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, and choric
eczema - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔phototherapy
Patient should not be treated with phototherapy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔36 years
old woman with lupus erythmatosus
Rationale: Many people with lupus experience photosensitivity to sunlight.
They can trigger symptoms such as skin rashes, itching, and burning.
