Skin Assessment Flashcards
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Medical term for a bruise
Ecchymosis
Causes of Ecchymosis
Can be caused by meds (aspirin, warfarin, and corticosteroids) low platelets, or clotting disorders
What are non blanching, red, flat, pinpoint skin marks less than 3 mm
Petechiae
What are non blanching, red, flat, pinpoint skin marks larger than 3 mm
Purpura
What causes Petechiae and Purpura
Capillary fragility due to either low platelets or clotting disorders
Ash gray skin with an absence of underlying red tones
Pallor
Gray lips and tongue
Cyanosis
Extremities, conjunctiva, skin with a bluish tinge
Cyanosis
What 2 things cause Pallor
Low/deoxygenated HgB, decreased perfusion
What is skin with increased visibility of HgB due to increased capillary dilation called?
Erythema
What causes Erythema
Fever, trauma, or blushing
What conditions cause cyanosis
Hypoxia or end of life
What is the patho- of jaundice
Elevated biliruben
What conditions cause jaundice
Liver disease and destroyed RBCs
Light brown oval patch found anywhere on the body
Cafe-au-lait
Pigment loss condition
Vitiligo
What causes Vitiligo
Congenital or autoimmune
Age related dry skin
Senile Xerosis
Age related skin changes
Decrease in sebaceous glands, thinner/transparent skin, Wrinkles
What causes wrinkles
Decreased elastin and subcutaneous tissue
Medical term for liver spots
Actinic lentigo
Benign, vascular lesion common in middle aged to older adults
Cherry hemangiomas
Overgrowth of normal skin which forms a stalk
Skin tag
With which condition are skin tags most common
Diabetes
