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Hair Follicle Infections
Sx: Folliculitis, furuncle, Carbuncle
Prev & Tx: Anti-staph creams and soaps, surgical drainage, anti-staph meds, now reistant to penicillin
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Scalded skin syndrome
Sx: skin looks scalded, irritability, fever, pain in nose, mouth, genitals, skin is tender
Prev & Tx: No prev meas, antibiotic like methicillin, remove dead skin
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Steptococcal impetigo
Sx: Blisters w/yellowish crust, mild fever, little pain, enlarged lymph nodes
Prev & Tx: General cleanliness, avoid infected ppl, clean wounds w/antiseptic, penicillin
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Rocky mountain spotted fever
Sx: flu-like sx early, non-itchy rash on wrist/ankles that spreads, confusion, seizures
Prev & Tx: Avoid ticks, Doxycycline
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Lyme disease
Sx: *Bulls-eye rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, chills, headache, stiff neck, joint pain, backache, paralysis of face, impairment of legs and arms, chronic arthritis, chronic joint swelling
Prev & Tx: Avoid ticks, no vaccine, antibiotics if caught early
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Chickenpox
Sx: Rash - small red spots, bumps and blisters (macules, papules, vesicles), pus-filled blisters (pustules)
Reactivation Sx: Shingles - long-lived pain, localized rash
Prev & Tx: vaccine for pox, another for shingles, antiviral meds for shingles
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German measles
Rubella
Sx: (difficult to Dx, mild & often unrecognizable) Slight fever, mild cold sx, enlarged lymph nodes, faint rash, painful joints, serious threat to Preg women
Prev & Tx: MMRV vaccine (but not in preg women due to birth defects)
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Fifth disease
Erythema infectiosum
Sx: red rash (like slap mark) on cheek & spreads to extremeties, fever, malaise, headache, muscle ache
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Roseola
Sx: high fever, convulsions, infants do not appear ill, after fever get rash on chest
Prev & Tx: no vacc, no Tx, reduce risk of seizures and decrease body temp
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Warts
Sx: small tumors or protrusions of tissue covered by skin or mucous membranes
Prev & Tx: complete removal of all affected cells (thru freezing, cauterizing or surg removal)
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Superficial Cutaneous Mycoses
Ringworm - rash at site of infection, looksl like circular worm
Scalp itch - Patchy areas of hair loss, itching, redness
Fungal nails - thickened, brittle nails, may detach from nailbed
Prev & Tx: cleanliness, normal dryness, OTC meds
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