Integumentary System(Disease, Disorders, Injuries)

Question 1

Basal Cell Carcinoma

Answer 1

Most common malignant tumor affects whites
Symptoms: waxy bump/
Treatment: surgery/ medications /avoidance of sun exposure

Question 2

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Answer 2

Proliferation of atypical transformed keratinocytes in the skin w/ malignant behaviour
Symptoms:Tumours that grow over time, sometimes rapidly
Treatment: avoidance of sun exposure

Question 3

Melanoma

Answer 3

when a melanocyte (skin cell) undergoes malignant transformation, unregulated skin cell growth (not killed by apoptosis or immune system like they should be)
Symptoms: exposure to sunlight– blistering sun burns
Treatment: surgery

Question 4

Eczema

Answer 4

Inflammatory, painful itching disease of the skin, acute or chronic in nature, presenting many forms of dry or moist lesions.
Symptoms:
Treatment:

Question 5

Acne

Answer 5

Inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous glands Face, chest back and upper arms
Symptoms: Whiteheads, blackhead, or pimples
Treatment: reducing oil production, speeding up skin cell turnover, fighting bacterial infection or reducing inflammation -

Question 6

1st Degree Skin Burn

Answer 6

Epidermal damage, redness, and some pain

Treatment: Cool the burn

Question 7

2nd Degree Skin Burn

Answer 7

Epidermal and some dermal damage, pain, regelation is possible
Treatment: Cool water

Question 8

3rd Degree Skin Burn

Answer 8

Full thickness burn, epidermal and dermal layers destroyed, skin is blanched
Treatment: Antibiotics, Debridement

Question 9

4th Degree Skin Burn

Answer 9

The deepest and most severe of burns.

Treatment: Surgery or grafting

Question 10

Stretch marks

Answer 10

when skin is overstretched, collagen fibers may tear to form stretch marks
Treatment: laser therapies and microneedling

Question 11

Callus

Answer 11

a hard, thickened area of skin that develops usually from friction or irritation over time. Such a hardened area often leaves one less sensitive to the touch,