Ch5 - Integumentary
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- DIAPHOR/O
- PROFUSE SWEATING
- PACHY/O
- THICK, HEAVY
- ACANTH/O
- THORNY, SPINY
- ERYTHEM/O
- FLUSHED, REDNESS
- CAUS/O
- BURN
- CRYPT/O
- HIDDEN
- THEL/O
- NIPPLE
- LACT/O
- MILK
- -PHYTE
- PLANT
- DE-
- LACK OF, DOWN, LOSS, REMOVAL OF
- -OUS
- COMPOSED OF, PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
- -OID
- RESEMBLE
- -ATION
- ACT OF SECRETING
- ADIP/O
- FAT
- SUDOR/O
- SWEAT
-
ADIP/O
LIP/O
STEAT/O - FAT
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CUTANE/O
DERMAT/O
DERM/O - SKIN
-
HIDR/O
SUDOR/O - SWEAT
- ICHTHY/O
- DRY, SCALY
- KERAT/O
- HORNY TISSUE; HARD; CORNEA
- MELAN/O
- BLACK
- MYC/O
- FUNGUS
-
ONYCH/O
UNGU/O - NAIL
-
PIL/O
TRICH/O - HAIR
- SCLER/O
- HARDENING; SCLERA (WHITE OF THE EYE)
- SEB/O
- SEBUM, SEBACEOUS
- SQUAM/O
- SCALE
- XER/O
- DRY
- -DERMA
- SKIN
- -THERAPY
- TREATMENT
- ABSCESS
- WALLED CAVITY CONTAINING PUS AND SURROUNDED BY INFLAMED OR NECROTIC TISSUE
- ACNE
- INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS AND HAIR FOLLICLES
- BOWEN DISEASE
- FORM OF INTRAEPIDERMAL CARCINOMA (SQUAMOUS CELLS) - RED-BROWN CRUSTED OR SCALY LESIONS RESEMBLING PSORIASIS
- CARBUNCLE
- DEEP SEATED PYOGENIC INFECTION OF THE SKIN USUALLY INVOLVING SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
- CELLULITIS
- WIDESPREAD ACUTE INFECTION OF THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
- CHLOASMA
- SKIN DISCOLORATION - YELLOWISH BROWN PATCHES
- COMEDO
- BLACKHEAD OR WHITEHEAD FROM ACNE
- DECUBITIS ULCER
- BEDSORE - CAUSED BY PRESSURE
- DERMATOMYCOSIS
- FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN
- ECCHYMOSIS
- BRUISE
- ECZEMA
- ACUTE OR CHRONIC SKIN INFLAMMATION RESULTING IN REDNESS, ITCHING, SCALES, CRUSTS, PAPULES, SCABS
- ERYTHEMA
- REDNESS OF THE SKIN
- ESCHAR
- DAMAGED TISSUE FOLLOWING A SEVERE BURN
- FURUNCLE
- BACTERIAL INFECTION OF A HAIR FOLLICLE OR SEB GLAND THAT PRODUCE A PUS FILLED LESION (BOIL)
- HIRSUTISM
- EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF HAIR OR HAIR GROWTH IN UNUSUAL PLACES
- IMPETIGO
- INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY ISOLATED PUSTULES THAT BECOME CRUSTED AND RUPTURE
- KERATOSIS
- HORNY GROWTH OR THICKENED AREA OF THE SKIN (CALLUS, WART)
- LENTIGO
- SMALL BROWN MACULES ON SUN EXPOSED AREAS OF THE SKIN (ESPECIALLY FACE AND ARMS)
- PALLOR
- UNNATURAL PALENESS OR ABSENCE OF COLOR IN THE SKIN
- PEDICULOSIS
- INFESTATION WITH LICE
- PETECHIA
- MINUTE PINPOINT HEMORRHAGE UNDER THE SKIN (VERY SMALL BRUISE)
- PRURITUS
- INTENSE ITCHING
- PSORIASIS
- CHRONIC SKIN DISEASE-RED PATCHES COVERED BY THICK, DRY, SILVERY SCALES
- PURPURA
- BLEEDING DISORDER CAUSING BRUISES
- SCABIES
- CAUSED BY ITCH MITE-CONTAGIOUS
- TINEA
- FUNGAL SKIN DISEASE (RINGWORM, ATHLETES FOOT, JOCK ITCH)
- URTICARIA
- ALLERGIC REACTION OF THE SKIN CHARACTERIZED BY RED ELEVATED PATCHES CALLED WHEALS (HIVES)
- VITILIGO
- LOCAL LOSS OF PIGMENTATION-MILK WHITE PATCHES (MICHAEL JACKSON)
- VERRUCA
- EPIDERMAL GROWTH CAUSED BY VIRUS (WARTS)
- SKIN TEST
- TO TEST FOR ALLERGIES - EITHER INJECTED (INTRADERMAL), TOPICAL (PATCH TEST), SCRATCH (ALLERGEN PLACED ON A LIGHTLY SCRATCHED AREA OF SKIN)
- DEBRIDEMENT
- REMOVAL OF FOREIGN MATERIAL AND DEAD/DAMAGED TISSUE TO PROMOTE HEALING AND PREVENT INFECTION
- DERMABRASION
- REMOVAL OF SCARS, TATOOS, WRINKLES USING SANDPAPER, WIRE BRUSHES OR OTHER ABRASIVE MATERIAL
- FULGURATION
- USING HIGH FREQUENCY SPARKS TO DESTROY TISSUE
- CHEMICAL PEEL
- CHEMICAL REMOVAL OF THE OUTER LAYERS OF THE SKIN, ALSO CALLED CHEMABRASION
- CRYOSURGERY
- USE OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURE TO DESTROY TISSUE
- I&D (INCISION AND DRAINAGE)
- TO CUT INTO A LESION TO DRAIN ITS CONTENTS
- ANESTHETICS
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TOPICAL DRUGS THAT NUMB PAIN (SUNBURN, INSECT BITES)
EX: LIDOCAINE - ANTIFUNGALS
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ALTER THE CELL WALL OF FUNGI OR DISRUPT ENZYME ACTIVITY RESULTING IN CELL DEATH
EX: MICONAZOLE (MICATIN) - ANTIHISTAMINES
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INHIBIT INFLAMMATION, REDNESS, ITCHING CAUSED BY ALLERGENS (RELEASE OF HISTAMINES)
EX: BENADRYL - ANTISEPTICS
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TOPICAL AGENT TO INHIBIT GROWTH OF BACTERIA
EX: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE - CORTICOSTEROID ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES
- DECREASE INFLAMMATION AND ITCHING BY SUPPRESSING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM'S RESPONSE
- KERATOLYTICS
- DESTROY/SOFTEN THE OUTER LAYER OF SKIN
- PARASITICIDES
- KILLS INSECTS PARASITES (LICE, MITES)
- PROTECTIVES
- COVER, COOL, DRY OR SOOTH INFLAMED SKIN
- Bx
- BIOPSY
- BCC
- BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
- decub
- DECUBITIS ULCER, BEDSORE
- derm
- DERMATOLOGY
- FS
- FROZEN SECTION
- ID
- INTRADERMAL
- I&D
- INCISION AND DRAINAGE
- IMP
- IMPRESSION (SYNONYMOUS WITH DIAGNOSIS)
- Sub Q
- SUBCUTANEOUS (INJECTION)
- ung
- OINTMENT
- XP, XDP
- XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM
- FLAT LESION
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MACULE
EX: FRECKLE - SOLID ELEVATED LESIONS
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WHEAL (HIVES, INSECT BITE)
PAPULE (WART, PIMPLE)
NODULE (TUMOR <2CM EXTENDS INTO DERMAL AREA)
TUMOR (>2CM EXTENDS INTO SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER) - FLUID FILLED ELEVATED LESIONS
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VESICLE (POISON IVY,SHINGLES)
PUSTULE (<1CM-ACNE,SCABIES)
BULLA (>1CM-2ND DEG BURNS, POISON IVY OR OAK) - DEPRESSED LESIONS (2NDARY)
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EXCORIATIONS (SCRATCH MARKS)
FISSURE (SLIT OR CRACK INTO THE DERMAL LAYER)
ULCER (OPEN SORE OR LESION THAT EXTENDS INTO THE DERMAL LAYER)