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Title: Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails


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Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails
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Assessment of the Skin, Hair, Nails
  • Subjective data
  • Specific patient complaint
  • Ask about skin, hair nails using Review of
    Systems (ROS)

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Skin Assessment
  • Objective Data
  • Color pigmentation
  • Normal pink or appropriate for race even
    pigmentation
  • Widespread skin color changes
  • Pallor
  • Cyanosis
  • Erythema
  • Jaundice
  • Change in pigmentation
  • Vitiligo

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Widespread Skin Color Changes
Pallor
Cyanosis
Erythema
Jaundice
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Pigmentation Vitiligo
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Skin Assessment-Cont.
  • Temperature
  • Moisture
  • Texture
  • Turgor
  • Edema
  • Lesions (describe)

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Common Skin Lesions in children
Diaper Dermatitis
  • Allergic dermatitis

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eczema
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Bacterial Conditions Impetigo
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Fungal Infections
  • Tinea corporis

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Fungal Infections
  • Tinea Versicolor

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Signs to alert you for Malignant Melanoma !!!
  • ABCDE

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Abnormal Characteristics of a Pigmented Lesion
  • DANGER SIGNS ABCDE
  • Asymmetry
  • Border irregularity
  • Color variation
  • Diameter
  • Elevation and Enlargement

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Hair Assessment
  • Distribution
  • Thickness/thinness
  • Texture (fine/course/smooth)
  • Infections/infestations
  • Scalp lesions
  • Note normal changes with aging

ALOPECIA (Hair loss)
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Scalp Lesions
Tinea Capitis
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Nail Assessment
  • Nail bed color
  • Texture Consistency
  • Nail angle
  • Surrounding tissues

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Normal Nails
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Nail Angle
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Clubbing
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Trauma
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Fungal Infection - onychomycosis
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Paronychia
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Assessment Guide
  • Even pigmentation, intact, moist and warm. No
    lesions. Hair fine and black, evenly
    distributed.
  • Nails firm, smooth, capillary refill 1 sec., nail
    angle
  • Lesions 0.5 cm x 0.75 cm brown macule on right
    cheek
  • Incision 2.5 cm x 5 cm incision on RUQ of abd,
    clean and dry, staples intact.
  • AV shunt on right arm with good thrill and bruit
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