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skin alterations
The Child with an Integumentary Alteration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alopecia | hair loss |
| debridement | removal of foreign material and divitalized or contaminated tissue from a traumatic or infected lesion to expose healthy tissue |
| desquamation | sloughing of the skin in scales or sheets; can lead to loss of the deeper skin layers |
| ecchymosis | discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by leakage of blood into the subcutaneous tissue |
| erythema | redness of the skin |
| eschar | dark plaque associated with tissuenecrosis, which can form an inelastic shell over wounds |
| excoriation | scratch or abrasion of the skin |
| hydrotherapy | therapy entailing water soaks to clean wounds, which removes old dressings and softens dead tissue for easier removal |
| intertrigo | maceration of two closely apposed skin surfaces |
| keratosis | overgrowth and thickening of the cornified epithelium |
| lichenification | thickening and hardening of the skin with accentuation of skin markings; often the result of chronic scratching |
| pediculocide | an agent used to destroy lice |
| petechiae | tiny, flat, purplish red spots on the skin surface resulting from minute hemorrhages within the dermis |
| pruritus | itching |
| urticaria (hives) | vascular reaction of the skin characterized by pruritic wheals, often caused by allergy or emotional stress |
| wood light | ultraviolet light used to help diagnose fluorescent skin lesions, including some superficial fungal infections |
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