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Too much exposure to UV radiation
Moles
Fair skin, freckling, red, or blonde hair
Positive family history of melanoma
Melanoma Risk Factors
History of immunosuppressive treatment
Older age
Male gender
Past history of melanoma
Screening Skin examination every 3 years for ages 20-40 and
Recommendations for yearly for over 40
Melanoma Monthly skin self-exam starting at age 20
Appendages of the Skin Hair, nails and glands (eccrine, apocrine, sebaceuos)
Most numerous sweat glands on the body. In greatest
Eccrine Glands
number on palms, soles and forehead.
Found only in the axillae, nipples, areolae, anogenital
Apocrine Glands area, eyelids, and external ears. Activity associated
with puberty and body odor.
Secrete sebum which keeps the skin and hair
Sebaceous Glands
lubricated. Greatest distribution on face and scalp.
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Edema & erythema, Koilonchia, Leukonychia,
Abnormal Nail Findings
Clubbing, Beau's Lines, Pitting, Onycholysis
Spoon Nail: thin, depressed nail with the lateral edges
Koilonychia
turned upward. Associated with anemia
White spots on the nail plates. Caused by minor
Leukonychia
trauma or manipulation of the cuticle
The angle of the nail base exceeds 180 degrees.
Clubbing Associated with chronic respiratory or cardiovascular
disease.
A groove or transverse depression running across the
Beau's Lines nail. Result from trauma. Looks similar to the chipping
of nail polish from the base of the nail toward the tip.
Pitting Associated with psoriasis. Looks like "golf-ball" nails
Dry skin, less perspiration, folding and wrinkling
appearance of skin due to loss of elasticity, skin pallor
Expected Changes with and cooler skin temperature, gray hair, thinning scalp,
Aging axillary, and pubic hair, thicker nails that are brittle
hard and yellowish. Nails develop ridges and are
prone to splitting into layers.
Used to identify fluorescing lesions, indicating fungal
Wood's Lamp infection. If no fungal infection, the light tone on the
skin appears soft violet.
Abnormal Skin Findings: Excessive dryness, flaking, cracking or scaling.
Texture Maceration, discoloration or rashes
Cool Skin: generalized- cool or cold skin associated
with shock or hypothermia. Localized- (particularly in
extremities) indicate poor peripheral perfusion.
Abnormal Skin Findings: Hot Skin: generalized- reflects hyperthermia
Temperature associated with fever, increased metabolic rate (e.g.
hyperthyroidism), or exercise. Localized- reflect
inflammation, traumatic injury, or thermal injury such as
sunburn.
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Diaphoresis abnormal in the absence of strenuous
Abnormal Skin Findings:
activity. May reflect hyperthermia, extreme anxiety,
Moisture
pain, or shock. Hyperthyroidism
Poor skin turgor "tenting" seen resulting from
Abnormal Skin Findings: dehydration or in someone who has experienced a
Mobility & Turgor significant weight loss. Edema, excessive scarring,
some connective tissue disorders reduce skin mobility.
Increase in thickness in diabetics. Excessively thin
Abnormal Skin Findings:
(shiny or transparent) in hypothyroidism, arterial
Thickness
insufficiency and aging.
Avoid excessive UV exposure
Avoid being outdoors in the middle of the day (10am-
4pm) when the UV light is the most intense
Wear a hat and long-sleeved shirt outside
Reduce Risk of Melanoma
Wear sunglasses with 99-100% UV absorption
Avoid tanning salons and sun lamps
Apply sunscreen - SPF 15 or greater, reapply q 2
hours
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Asymmetry
Border
Early Signs of Melanoma Color
Diameter
Elevation
Feeling
Intact skin with nonblanchable redness usually over a
Stage I Pressure Ulcer
bony prominence.
Partial-thickness loss of dermis. Presents as shiny or
Stage II Pressure Ulcer dry shallow open ulcer with pink wound bed without
slough or bruising. May be a serum-filled blister.
Full-thickness skin loss involving damage to or
necrosis of subcutaneous tissue. Subcutaneous fat
Stage III Pressure Ulcer
may be visible, but bone, tendon, or muscles are not
exposed. Slough may be present.
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Full-thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon,
Stage IV Pressure Ulcer or muscle. Slough or eschar may be present within
wound bed
Full-thickness tissue loss in which base of ulcer is
Unstageable Pressure covered by slough or eschar. True depth of ulcer
Ulcer cannot be determined until slough &/or eschar is/are
removed.
wound drainage that looks clear or straw colored; thin
Serous
and watery
Fluid appears pink due to a small number of blood
Serosanguinous
cells mixing in with serous drainage
Sanguinous Red drainage from trauma to a blood vessel
Yellow, gray, beige, or green drainage that comes out
of a wound when an infection invades the area;
Purulent
contains pathogenic microorganisms along with white
blood cells or dead or dying bacteria
Macule, Papule, Patch, Plaque, Nodule, Wheal, Tumor,
Primary Skin Lesions
Urticaria (hives), Vesicle, Cyst, Bulla, Pustule
Crust, Scale, Fissure, Erosion, Ulcer, Excoriation, Scar,
Secondary Skin Lesions
Atrophic scar, Lichenification, Keloid,
Flat, circumscribed area that is a change in the color
Macule of the skin. Less than 1cm in diameter. Freckles, flat
moles, measles, scarlet fever. Primary
Elevated, firm, circumscribed area less than 1cm. Wart
Papule (verruca), elevated moles, cherry angioma, skin tag.
Primary
Flat, non palpable, irregular-shaped macule more
Patch than 1cm in diameter. Vitiligo, port wine stain, cafe-au-
alit spots, mongolian spots. Primary
Elevated, firm, and rough lesion with flat top surface
Plaque
greater than 1cm. Psoriasis, eczema. Primary
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