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Burns, Infections, Allergies Pages 124-126
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Burns ◦ Tissue damage and cell death Causes: ◦ Heat ◦ Electricity ◦ UV radiation ◦ Chemicals Consequences: ◦ loss of body fluids ◦ invasion of bacteria © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Used to determine the extent of burns The body is divided into 11 areas for quick estimation Each area represents about 9 percent of total body surface area ◦ Exception is the perineum which represents 1% © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Totals Anterior and posterior head and neck, 9% Anterior and posterior upper limbs, 18% Anterior and posterior trunk, 36% Anterior and posterior lower limbs, 36% 100% (a) Perineum, 1% 41/2%41/2% 41/2%41/2%41/2%41/2% Anterior trunk, 18% 9%
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First-degree burns (partial-thickness burn) ◦ Damage to epidermis Second-degree burns (partial-thickness burn) ◦ Damage to Epidermis and upper dermis (papillary) ◦ Skin: red, blistered Third-degree burns (full-thickness burn) ◦ Destroys entire skin layer ◦ Requires skin grafts ◦ Skin looks charred © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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(b) 2 nd degree 1 st degree 3 rd degree DEGREES OF BURNS
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Redness Blisters/lesions Bumps oozing pus Itching Burning Patches Scaling/flaking/peeling
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Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis) ◦ fungal infection Boils and carbuncles ◦ bacterial infections (usually staphylococcus) Cold sores ◦ herpes simplex virus I or II As many as 90% of Americans have been exposed to simplex Virus I (cold sores) An estimate of 50-70% have Virus II (genital herpes) You may want to assume that everyone has the virus as it is so common and does not always show symptoms to shed the virus © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Contact dermatitis ◦ Exposures cause allergic reaction ◦ Causes include chemicals, plants (grass is common) Impetigo ◦ Caused by bacterial infection Strep and staph are most common Psoriasis ◦ Unknown cause ◦ Triggered by trauma, infection, stress © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Figure 4.12b Cutaneous lesions. (b) Impetigo (c) Psoriasis
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