Flashcards in Hair Disorders - My Version Deck (30)
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Explain a vegetable parasite
Tinea / ring worm
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Explain an animal parasite
Pediculosis/ head lice
Scabies/ itch mite
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What is the technical term for abnormal hair loss?
Alopecia
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Hair loss that occurs as a result of genetics, age, and hormonal changes.
Androgenic alopecia
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What is characterized by the sudden falling out of hair in round patches.
Alopecia areata
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What type of disease is alopecia?
Unpredictable- autoimmune disease
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What 5 things can cause temporary alopecia areata?
A,sf,tf, nc, mn
Anemia, scarlet fever, nervous conditions, malnutrition, typhoid fever
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What is the normal loss of scalp hair occurring in old age.
Alopecia senilis
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List the 2 hair loss treatments that have proven to stimulate hair growth that's approved by the FDA.
Minoxidil and finasteride
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What is the medical term for dandruff?
Pityriasis
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The technical term for classic dandruff
Pityriasis capitis simplex
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Severe dandruff characterized by accumulation of greasy waxy scales.
Pityriasis steatoids
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Medical term for ringworm
Tinea
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Ringworm of the scalp
Tinea capitis
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Ringworm of the bearded area of the face
Tinea sycosis
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What is known as tinea favus or honeycomb ringworm.
Tinea favus
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What is the infestation of the hair and scalp with head lice
Pediculosis capitis
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How long can head lice live off the human body?
Up to 48 hrs
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What contagious skin disease is caused by the itch mite?
Scabies
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List 3 bacterial infections (staphylococci) involving the hair follicles?
Fb, Pb, sv
Folliculitis barbeae, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and sycosis vulgaris
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What or what are inflammations of the of the follicle caused by bacteria or irritation.
Furuncle or carbuncle
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What is also referred to as "razor bumps"?
Barbers itch
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Technical term for grey hair
Canities
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What is characterized by alternating bands of grey and pigmented hair
Ringed hair
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What or what is a condition of abnormal hair growth?
Hypertrichosis or hirsuties
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What is the technical term for split ends?
Trichoptilosis
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What is the technical term for brittle hair?
Fragilitas crinium
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What is the technical term for beaded hair?
Trichorrhexis nodosa
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What is characterized by brittleness and the formation of nodular swelling of the hair shaft
Trichorrhexis
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