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What is the function of skin? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Protection from the
environment, Regulation of body temperature, Regulation of salt and water
balance
Lanugo - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔fine downy hair of newborn infant
vernix caseosa - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cheesy substance covering the skin of the
fetus
linea nigra - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔dark line of pigmentation from the umbilicus
extending to the pubic area
Chloasma/Melasma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pregnancy mask
Striae - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔stretch marks
The Aging Adult and Skin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-skin loses elasticity
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,-thin, dry
-sweat/oil glands change
Keloid Scar - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔scar that turns raised, dark, purplish, pulls
together, painful
Alopecia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hair loss
hirsutism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hair where it doesn't belong
Pruritis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔itching
Albinism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes
Vitiligo - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔loss of pigment in areas of the skin
ABCDE - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolution or
elevation
malignant melanoma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔most deadly form of skin cancer
pallor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔paleness caused by loss of red-pink tones by
oxygenated hemoglobin in blood
Where to check for pallor? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔mucus membranes,
conjunctiva, nail beds
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,Erythema - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔redness of the skin
Cyanosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bluish discoloration of the skin caused by not
enough oxygenated blood flow. Seen in lips, nose, ears, cheeks
Jaundice - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔yellowing of the skin and in sclera of eye
Diaphoresis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔profuse sweating
Dehydration - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔not enough fluid
How to check for dehydration? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- check for tenting in the
skin for skin turgor
Tenting - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Slow return of the skin to its normal position after
being pinched, a sign of either dehydration or aging, or both
Skin turgor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Measure of hydration, which tests how quickly
the skin returns to its normal position after being pinched
Best place to test for tenting? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔clavicle
Primary Lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesions arising from previously normal skin
ex: chicken pox or pimple
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, Secondary Lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔skin lesion that evolves from a primary
lesion or that is caused by external forces, such as infection, scratching,
trauma, or the healing process
Head lice (pediculosis) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔looks like dandruff, but if you tap
the white spots they do not fall off. These are nits
Schamroth test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔put 2 fingers together, see if you can see
any light come through. If you can't you have clubbing.
Clubbing of Nails - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔finding in the nails that indicates chronic
hypoxia >6 months
Splinter hemorrhages - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔can be a sign of endocarditis, result
of strep throat
Spooning in Nails - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔iron deficiency
Capillary Refill Test - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pressure is applied to the nail bed
until it turns white, this indicates that the blood has been forced from the
tissue (called blanching) and once the tissue has blanched, pressure is
removed. While the patient holds their hand above their heart, the health
care provider measures the time it takes for blood to return to the tissue.
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