Most common endocrine cause of carpal tunnel
hypothyroidism
presbyopia (old eyes)
far-sighted
presbycusis (old ears)
sensorineural hearing loss most commonly
most common cause of hearing loss in the elderly?
cerumen
blank stare, oily skin, shuffling gait
parkinson’s
aphasia, apraxia, presenile amnesia
Alsheimer’s
“barnacles of old age”
Seborrheic keratosis (insignificant)
DEXA scan measures…
bone density
What is a macule?
freckle
papule
wart
vesicle
herpes (raised/serous)
pustule
acne (raised/pus)
a big pustule
boil or furuncle
a big raised/serous lesion
pemphigus/bullae
most common skin cancer
basal cell
mot invasive skin cancer
melanoma
purple lesions, blood vessel sarcoma
Kaposi’s sarcoma
silver scales and pitted nails
psoriasis
mite burrowed into the skin causing itching
scabies
Tinea capitis
ringworm
spirochete carried by ticks
lyme disease
scaly skin in hairy regions
seborrheic dermatitis
butterfly rash (malar)
SLE (lupus)
caused by strep and staph, primary=vesicle/bulla, secondary=crusty
Impetigo
patchy absence of melanin
vitiligo
red, elevated birthmark
hemangioma
mouth lesion, yellow center with red halo aka aphthostomatitis
canker sore
Leukoplakia and thrush are both white in the mouth. Which one can you scrape off?
thrush
pseudomembrane in the throat
diphtheria
beefy red tongue
Scarlet fever
koplik
white spots on erythematous base
swollen tongue, often vitamin b deficiency
glossitis
clubbed nails
COPD, cancer, RA
spooning of the fingernails
iron deficiency or fungal infection
onychomycosis
fungal infection which affects geriatrics