Integumentary Issues
Published on Nov 21, 2015
Different kinds of skin conditions/problems
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BLISTER
- A small bubble on the skin .
- Filled with serum
- Caused by friction, burning, or other damage
COLD SORE
- An inflamed blister in or near the mouth
- Caused by infection with the herpes simplex virus
- STAY AWAY FROM SPICE AND ACID
DECUBITUS ULCER
- Bedsore/pressure ulcer
- Area of skin that breaks down
- Something presses/rubs against your skin
ERYTHEMA
- Abnormal redness of the skin due to capillary congestion
PALLOR
- Unhealthy paleness
JAUNDICE
- Yellow color of the skin, mucus membranes, or eyes
- Yellow comes from bilirubin, a byproduct of old red blood cells
BRUISE
- Skin discoloration
- Small blood vessels break and leak their contents into the soft tissue
SEBORRHEA
- Dandruff when affecting scalp
- Red, itchy rash and white scales
- Head and Shoulders ;)
BLACKHEAD
- Comedo
- Tiny, dark spots on skin
- Small plug in pore
ACNE
- Inflamed or infected sebaceous glands
- Happens mostly to teens
ATHLETE'S FOOT
- Fungal infection affecting the skin between the toes
- Form of ringworm
BOIL
- Infection of the hair follicle
- Furuncle
- Painful bump full of pus
CONTACT DERMATITIS
- Red, sore, or inflamed after direct contact with a substance
- Irritant or Allergic
IMPETIGO
- Red sores primarily found around small children's mouths and noses
- Highly contagious
PSORIASIS
- Thick, red skin with flaky, silver-white patches, scales
- Cells build up rapidly
SHINGLES
- Herpes zoster
- Painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster
- Zarciella zoster=virus that causes chickenpox
MOLE
- Fleshy mass or tumor te
- Formed in the uterus by the degeneration/abnormal development of a zygote
- Melanoma
WART
- Small, usually painless growths on the skin
- Caused by human papillomavirus (HPV)
- May itch or hurt
RINGWORM
- Contagious itching skin disease
- Circular patches
- Fungal infection
