MS II week 6 Flashcards
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Where does an abscess often come from?
Traumatic inoculation into skin
- friction
- minor trauma
Furuncles from what
infected hair folicles
common areas for an abscess
belt, theigs, buttock groin, axillae,
how long for a abscess or furuncles to become ripe
4-6 days to become ready to drain.
what is the most common skin pathogen and where does it come from
Staph aureus,
anterior nares, axillae, perineum, navel
furunculosis
self-limited infection or chronic in which one or selveral lesions are presence: hair folicle infection
hyperimmunoglobinulinemia E: s
staph abscess syndrom: immune defect that predisposes to furunculosis:
where do the large cold abscesses appear
young girls with atopic Derm, and elevated igE and chemotaxix deftect
immunodeficiency diseases with abscesses
Transient hypogammaglobinemia of infantcy
wiskott aldrich
C3 issue
are abscesses or furuncles more common?
furuncles
Predisposing factors of furuncles
- traumatic inoculation
- exposure to irritants
- poor hygine
- local puritis
- excessive sweating
- hot humid climate
- follicular abnormalities
- immunodeficiency
- atopic derm, eczema, scabes
describe and abscess
deep tender, firm red papule that enlarges rapidly into a tender deep seated nodule
what happens to abscesses
They either remain deep and reabsorb or ruptures through surface and heals without scarring
Describe carbuncles
patch of infected follicles with broad, red, swollen slowly evolving deep painful mass with multiple openings to drain.
where do carbuncles originate
deep dermis
back of neck, and trunk and lateral teigs
do abscess or carbuncles have systemic symptoms?
carbuncles have fever, chills malaise during active phase.
What is mostcommonly mistaken for a furuncle?
Epidermal inclusion or pilar cyst
what may the intense foreign body inflammatory reaction lead to?
a sterile abscess formation
Hidradenitis suppurativa
draining nodules present in the axillary inguinal and perineal areas, folds with open comedones and scars
why culture and gram stain an abscess?
recurrent, immunocompromised
almost never biopsy
Treat furuncles
compresses
- incision and draining
how to treat local staph infection
rest
elevation
heat
drainage
what scaple to open abscess?
11 scalpel, wear eye protection
two incicsion choices for I and D technque 1
cruciate to prevent premature closure
linear : to reduce scarring