BIOL 4010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Abrasive, Immunodeficiency, Immunoglobulin E
30 Dec 2020
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Patient assessment: think about issues that need to be identified that are important. Champs: chronic skin condition where it becomes inflamed and irritated resulting in extreme itch, a dysfunctional cutaneous barrier that results in hypersensitivity reactions to environmental triggers. History (contributing, aggravating: family history: more likely to get atopic dermatitis if parents or siblings have it. More likely if family member has allergies, hay fever or asthma. Genetic association where there is a 70% chance of getting affect with atopic dermatitis if both parents are affected: lower incidences in caucasians. Higher cases in black and mixed-race populations: more prevalent in individuals of higher socioeconomic status, children from small families. Itch results in skin lesions, erythema: atopic dermatitis is intense pruritic eruptions, scaly, dry skin, rashes that fill with fluid- oozing or weeping in acute stages, cracked skin that may bleed, darkening of skin under eyes.
