SKIN Flashcards
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Name

Eryhthema multiformi

Psoriasis
What is the specific patch called?

pityriasis rosea
HERALD PATCH
Site
colour
asscoiated features

cheeks, chest, face
colour>> eryhthematous
AF>> Scaly, excoration, erosions (areas where the top of the epidermis is lost and theres a partial loss)
if it was full loss>> ulcer
INFANTILE PSORIASIS
OR
ECTOPIC ECZEMA

Atopic eczema
appearence
clinical diagnosis
Complications?
Treatment’
Hydrocortisone oitment (cream) lana it so dry

Site
configuration
morphology

site>
configuration> Annular ( theres central clearing & polycyclic (semicircles)
morphology> papules or plaques

Urticaria

What do we call a transient rash?
WHEAL
Itchy rash 7 days ago after seeing gp for upper resp infection
Colour, distribution, morphology
diagnosis

DRUG EXANTHEM
Eryhtmatous
macular and papular ( if u close ur eyes and feel patients skin u’ll feel raised and unraised areas)
Red flag SITES for drug rash?
If it starts effecting the MUCOSA
eyes, mouth, genitals
MUST STOP ALL POSSIBLE MEDICATIONS





