SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 2
1.
You ask these (and other questions) to try to determine what the patient's skin has
been expose to over a period of time. (para 2-2a)
2.
Drugs are often the cause of skin eruptions. (para 2-2b)
3.
Seafoods.
Nuts.
Berries. (para 2-2c)
4.
You are correct if you listed any two of the following:
Exact description of eruption when it began.
Description of the first lesion.
Details of the development/extension of the skin lesion.
Information about the skin problem if it has happened before. (para 2-2d)
5.
You are correct if you listed any two of the following:
Skin diseases.
Allergies.
Diabetes.
Hypertension.
Anemia.
Nervous disturbances.
Muscular disturbances.
Intellectual disturbances.
Emotional disturbances. (para 2-2(e))
6.
The Wood's lamp. (para 2-3c(1))
7.
Tinea versicolor. (para 2-3c(2))
8.
Wood's lamp. (para 2-3c(1))
9.
Hyperpigmentation. (para 2-4b(1))
10.
Hypopigmentation. (para 2-4b(2))
11.
Erythema. (para 2-4b(3))
12.
Melanin.
Carotene.
Blood in capillaries. (para 2-4a)
13.
Skin color differences in the races. (para 2-4a)
14.
Blood in the capillaries close to the surface without a heavy pigment to mask the
color. (para 2-4a)
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