DERM AANP 2025-2026 Questions And Answers is common in areas between skin folds, under the breasts, between the scrotum and inner thigh, or between the toes. These are moist lesions that can be easily treated if the skin can be separated from touching the adjoining skin and the area can be kept dry. A topical powder with an antifungal would likely resolve this if used twice daily for 714 days. A diagnosis of diabetes should be considered if this is resistant to treatment or if it recurs.Next - ANSWER>>Intertrigo
The most common place for basal cell carcinoma to be found is the: - ANSWER >>face
oral antiviral should be started ____ hr after shingles onset of symptoms - ANSWER >>72 hr
The nurse practitioner examines a patient who has had poison ivy for 3 days. She asks
if she can spread it to her family members. The nurse practitioner replies: -
ANSWER >>"No, transmission does not occur from the blister's contents - but if oil from the plant remains on your skin and someone comes in contact with that, then yes
A 40-year-old female patient presents to the clinic with multiple, painful reddened nodules on the anterior surface of both legs. She is concerned. These are probably
associated with her history of: - ANSWER>>UC
A patient presents with small vesicles on the lateral edges of his fingers and intense itching. On close inspection, there are small vesicles on the palmar surface of the hand.What is this called? - ANSWER>>dyshidrotic dermatitis
deep infection in hair follicles - ANSWER >>abscess
fluid filled or pus filled >0.5 cm - ANSWER >>bulla/blister
flat change in skin with a color change (brown, blue, red, or hypopigmented) - ANSWER >>macule
solid lesion between 0.5-2.0 cm - ANSWER >>nodule
raised solid lesion 0.5cm or less, varies in color - ANSWER >>papule
raised solid lesion >0.5cm - ANSWER >>plaque 1 / 2
elevated lesion 0.5cm or less that contains fluid - ANSWER >>vesicle
transient rounded or flat top plaque - ANSWER >>wheal/hive
tx for impetigo - ANSWER >>topical antibacterials (mupirocin, clinda)
if impetigo infection is extensive, what oral might be used - ANSWER >>Bactrim, keflex
tx for non-purulent cellulitis - ANSWER >>Keflex (plain gram + staph)
tx for purulent cellulitis - ANSWER>>Bactrim Clinda Doxy
f/u for cellulitis - ANSWER >>48 hr after initial treatment and then as pt condition dictates
prodrome of herpes labialis from HSV1 sx - ANSWER >>pain burning tingling of lip
test you order for HSV1 - ANSWER >>HSV-IgG
HSV2 occurs from - ANSWER >>neck down
tx HSV1 - ANSWER>>acyclovir valacyclovir
reactivation of the varicella-zoster (chickenpox) virus that has lain dormant in nerve cells
- involves kin of a single dermatome or less commonly, several dermatomes -
ANSWER >>herpes zoster (shingles)
pharm mgmt of shingles - ANSWER >>NSAIDs narcotic analgesics antiviral agents if presenting within 72 of sx occurrence or if immunocompromised
complication of shingles - ANSWER >>post herpetic neuralgia
tx pos herpetic neuralgia - ANSWER>>TCAs gabapentin pregabalin capsaicin
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