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Skin Diseases Ch. 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allergy | Sensitivity that may develop from contact with normally harmless substances |
| Inflammation | Itching, redness, pain, swelling, and/or increased temperature |
| Chronic | Conditions that are frequent and habitual |
| Acute | Conditions that are brief and severe |
| Contagious | Communicable by contact and an infectious disease |
| Seasonal | Influenced by weather |
| Etiology | The study of cause of diseases |
| Pathology | The study of diseases |
| Prognosis | Medical opinion of the future condition of illness |
| Occupational disorders | Example: Cosmetologists may be susceptible to Dermatitis Venenata; skin becomes red, sore or inflamed after direct contact with a substance |
| Subjective | Those you feel |
| Objective | Those you see |
| Six signs of infection | Pain, swelling, redness, local fever, throbbing, pus |
| Tinea | Medical term for ringworm |
| Lesions | Abnormal changes in the structure of an organ or tissue |
| Macules | Discoloration appearing on the skin's surface. (Freckles) |
| Papules | Hardened red elevations of skin with no fluid. (Pimples) |
| Vesicles | Fluid-filled elevations in skin. (Herpes Simplex aka: fever blisters) |
| Bulla | Lesions, like vesicles, but larger. (second-degree burn) |
| Pustules | Small elevations of skin similar to vesicles, but contain pus. (pimple with pus) |
| Wheals | Solid formation above skin caused by insect bite or allergic reaction. (Hives) |
| Tumors | Solid masses in the skin |
| Nodule | Small tumor |
| Cyst | Abnormal membraneous sac liquid or semi-Solid substance |
| Scales | Shedding, dead cells of the uppermost layer of the epidermis |
| Psoriasis | Round, dry patches of skin, covered with rough, silvery scales. |
| Crusts | Dried masses that are remains of an oozing sore. (scab) |
| Exoriations | Abrasions or injuries to the epidermis. (scratches) |
| Fissures | Cracks in the skin. (chapped lips) |
| Cicatrix | Formations resulting from a lesion. (scars) |
| Ulcers | Open lesions visible on skin surface. May lose portions of dermis and may have pus. |
| Hypertrophies | Overgrowth or excess of skin |
| Callus; hyperkeratosis or keratoma | Thickening of epidermis, such as corn, caused from pressure and friction applied to skin. |
| Verruca | Variety of warts |
| Skin tags | Small elevated growths of skin; small benign tumor |
| Pigmentation abnormalities | Too much color or too little color in a particular area of skin |
| Melanoderma | Used to describe any hyperpigmentation caused by overactivity of melanocytes in epidermis. |
| Chloasma | Group of brownish macules occurring in one place. (liver spots) |
| Moles | Small, brown pigmented spots that may be raised |
| Melanotic sarcoma | Skin cancer that begins with a mole |
| Naevus or Nevus | Birthmark or congenital mole |
| Leukoderma | Describes hypopigmentation (lack of pigmentation) of the skin |
| Albinism | Congenital failure of skin to produce melanin pigment |
| Vitiligo | Oval or irregular patches of white skin |
| Comedones | Masses of sebum (oil) trapped in hair follicles. (blackheads) |
| Milia | Accumulation of hardened sebum beneath skin. (whiteheads) |
| Acne | Occurs mostly on face, back and chest. Chronic inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous glands |
| Rosacea or Acne Rosacea | Inflammatory congestion of cheeks and nose, seen as redness with papules and pustules |
| Asteatosis | Dry, scaly skin with reduced sebum production |
| Seborrhea | Excessive secretion of sebaceous glands |
| Steatoma | Tumor of the sebaceous gland, filled with sebum |
| Furuncles | Localized infections of hair follicles. (boils) |
| Carbuncles | Clusters of furuncles caused by acute bacterial infection of several adjoining hair follicles |
| Bromidrosis or osmidrosis | Foul-smelling perspiration |
| Anhidrosis | Lack of perspiration caused by fever or disease |
| Hyperhidrosis | Over-production of perspiration caused by excessive heat or body weakness |
| Miliaria ruba | Acute eruption of small red vesicles with burning and itching of the skin caused by excessive heat |
| Dermatitis | Inflammatory disorder of skin |
| Eczema | Dry or moist lesions with inflammation of skin |
| Impetigo | Highly contagious bacterial infection. (usually on face) |
| Folliculitis | Infection in the hair follicles caused by bacteria, shaving, or clothing irritation. |
| Pseudofolliculitis barbae | Medical term for razor bumps or irritation following shaving |
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