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| Tx for eczema (atopic dermatitis): |
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| "coin-shaped plaques" & tx: |
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| nummular dermatitis; tx: topical steroids |
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| Shampoo w/ selenium (selsun blue!) (or for children olive oil compress) |
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| Rash characterized by a "herald patch" followed by a widespread papular eruption in a "christmas-tree distribution" on the trunk? & tx: |
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| Pityriasis rosea! Tx: No tx! |
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| Discrete, flesh-colored, waxy, dome-shaped, umbilicated papules; & tx: |
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| Mulluscum contagiosum; Tx: Not usually necessary! |
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| "purple, polygonal, puritic, papule" & tx: |
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| Lichen planus; tx: Topical steroids & occlusive dressings |
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| Mild: Topical steroids & topical vitamin D prep's (cacipotriene); Moderate/Severe: Topical retinoid, UVB phototherapy |
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| Topical Retinoids work by: |
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| They work by increasing skin cell turnover & are vitamin A derivatives |
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| A serious bullous autoimmune dz where IgG antibodies induce a loss of cell-to-cell adhesion: |
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| Erythromycin & Azithromycin are both in the antibiotic class: |
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| long-acting corticosteroid |
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| Tx for hidradenitis suppurativa: |
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| intralesional triamcinolone & I&D of abscesses |
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| Daily application of selenium shampoo (selsun blue!) X 7 days (Dx w/ KOH) |
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| Tx for scabies & pediculosis: |
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| Tx for lyme dz & Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF): |
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| The ultraviolet light of a Wood's lamp causes the organism of what skin condition to fluoresce a coral red color? |
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| Definitive test to confirm vitiligo: |
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| Skin biopsy (showing absence of melanocytes) |
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| Primary Tx for human/animal bite wounds: |
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| Augmentin (If penicillin allergic: Bactrim or clindamycin - "ABC's") |
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| PE difference b/w Actinic Keratosis & Squamous cell cancer? |
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| AK's are flat & scaly; SCC's are slower to develop & nodular & scaly |
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| a brown flat pigmented spot on the skin. It is a harmless (benign) hyperplasia of melanocytes |
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| Difference b/w the looks of a nevus & melanoma? |
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| A nevus has well-defined borders, whereas melanoma has irregular borders |
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| 1-2mm white papules on the buccal mucosa; appear before the onset of the measles (rubeola) rash |
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| The causative agent in cat bites & tx: |
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| Pasteurella multocida; tx: augmentin |
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| Medications commonly linked w/ toxic epidermal necrolysis? (TEN) |
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| "TEN CAN" - Carbamazapine, Antibiotics, NSAIDS |
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| A wood's light exam on tinea capitis would show what? |
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| It fluoresces blue-green under the wood's light |
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| Tx for molluscum contagiosum: |
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