excessive perspiration

foul smelling perspiration

➢ Result of inadequate circulating or hemoglobin and subsequent ➢ reduction in tissue oxygenation ➢ Brown skinned - yellowish brown tinge ➢ Black - ashen gray ➢ Seen in conjunctiva, oral mucous membrane, nail beds, palms of hands, soles of the feet

SPEED WITH WHICH THE FOLD RETURNS INTO PLACE

➢ Hyperpigmentation ( inc melanin pigment production) ➢ Skin redness ➢ Rashes, allergies ➢ Birthmark

HYPOPIGMENTATION - patches of hypopigmented skin - Due to destruction of melanocytes

HYPOPIGMENTATION - Complete or partial lack of melanin in the skin, eyes, hair

➢ Presence of excess interstitial fluid ➢ Appears swollen, shiny, and taut ➢ Blanches SOME CAUSES ● lymphatic obstruction ● increased vascular permeability ● decreased oncotic pressure due to low ● levels of plasma proteins (especially albumin) ● renal or cardiac disease.

generalized edema

LEVEL 2mm depression, barely detectable Immediate rebound.

LEVEL 4mm deep pit. A few seconds to rebound.

LEVEL 6mm deep pit. 10-12 seconds to rebound.

LEVEL 8mm: very deep pit. >20 seconds to rebound

PRIMARY LESIONS OF THE SKIN a small spot that is not palpable and is less than 1 cm in diameter

PRIMARY LESIONS OF THE SKIN is a large spot that is not palpable & that is > 1 cm.

PRIMARY LESIONS OF THE SKIN is a small superficial bump that is elevated & that is < 1 cm.

PRIMARY LESIONS OF THE SKIN • is a large superficial bump that is elevated & > 1c

PRIMARY LESIONS OF THE SKIN is a small bump with a significant deep component & is < 1cm

PRIMARY LESIONS OF THE SKIN Is a large bump with a significant deep component & is > 1

PRIMARY SKIN LESSIONS is a sac containing fluid or semisolid material, ie. cell or cell products.

PRIMARY SKIN LESSIONS is a small fluid-filled bubble that is usually superficial & that is < 0.5 cm.

PRIMARY SKIN LESSIONS • is a large fluid-filled bubble that is superficial or deep & that is >0.5 cm

PRIMARY SKIN LESSIONS is pus containing bubble often categorized according to whether or not they are related to hair follicles:

SECONDARY SKIN LESIONS - the accumulation or excess shedding of the stratum corneum. - ie. psoriasis, tinea, eczema

SECONDARY SKIN LESIONS is dried exudate (ie. blood, serum, pus) on the skin surface.

SECONDARY SKIN LESIONS • is a loss of skin due to scratching or picking.

SECONDARY SKIN LESIONS is an increase in skin lines & creases from chronic rubbing.

SECONDARY SKIN LESIONS is raw, wet tissue

SECONDARY SKIN LESSION is a linear crack in the skin; often very painful.

SECONDARY SKIN LESSION is a superficial open wound with loss of epidermis or mucosa only

SECONDARY SKIN LESSION • is a deep open wound with partial or complete loss of the dermis or submucosa

DISTINCT LESSION OF SKIN - describes a short lived (< 24 hours) - edematous, well circumscribed papule or plaque seen in urticaria.

DISTINCT LESIONS OF SKIN - is a small threadlike curvilinear papule that is virtually pathognomonic of scabies.

DISTINCT SKIN LESSION is a small, pinpoint lesion, typically referred to as "whiteheads" or "blackheads."

DISTINCT SKIN LESSION • is a thinning of the epidermal and/or dermal tissue

DISTINCT SKIN LESSION overgrows the original wound boundaries and is chronic in nature.

DISTINCT SKIN LESSION on the other hand does not overgrow the wound boundaries

DISTINCT SKIN LESSION - or sclerosis - describes dermal scarring or thickening reaction

DISTINCT SKIN LESSION - is a small superficial cyst containing keratin - usually <1-2 mm in size

NB 2-3 days after birth and lasts for 1 week

Appears within 24 hours of birth, Lasts more than 8 day

Newboens may have ___ Whiteheads; nose, face

➢ White, cheesy greasy material ➢ Premature infants may have lanugo covering shoulders and back ➢ Diaper dermatitis

ABCDEs of MELANOMA