Week 5 Powerpoint for Supplemental Video (skin)
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Vicki Sweet, RN, MSN, CEN
MED 3015 C – Week 5
Skin lesions:Defining the rash
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Rashes and lesions
Usually temporary eruptions
Difficult to diagnose
No two look exactly alike
Appearance may be altered by scratching or self-treatment
But… there are some common characteristics
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Describing the lesion
Macules and patches
Circumscribed, flat, nonpalpable changes in skin color
Examples: freckles, petechiae, vitiligo
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Describing the lesion (cont.)
Papules, nodules and wheals
Palpable elevated solid masses
Examples: nevi, mosquito bite, hive
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Describing the lesion (cont.)
Vesicles, bulla and pustules
Circumscribed superficial elevations, fluid-filled cavities within the skin layers
Typically, a vesicle bigger than a pea is called a bulla
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Lesions can be combination
Examples:
Maculopapular rashes
Combination of flat and palpable lesions
Maculovesicular rashes
Combination of flat lesions, raised “blisters”
Describe what you see – very hard to “diagnose”
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Dangerous rashes
Petechial rash
Meningococcal meningitis
DIC
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome
Rash may look like a sunburn
Smallpox versus chicken pox
Similar virus
Progression of rash is more diagnostic
Stevens-Johnson rash
Petechial rash
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Respecting what the skin can tell us!
The skin is the largest organ in the body
It can reflect so much about our health
Assess:
Color
Temperature
Moisture
Turgor
Integrity