Sarah Michelle Crash Course - Questions And Answers

Treatment for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - ans - Doxycycline for any age and regardless of pregnancy Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - ans - Rash on palms of hands and soles of feet pops up after 3-5 days of initial treatment Presentation of Lyme Disease - ans - Bulls eye rash Lyme disease is also known as... - ans - Erythema migrans Treatment for Lyme disease over 8 years old - ans - Doxycycline Treatment for Lyme disease less than 8 years old - ans - Amoxicillin Aphthous Stomatitis vs herpes - ans - Aphthous Stomatits: kanker sore inside the mouth Herpes: painful clustered vesicles located outside the mouth Treatment for herpes - ans - Antivirals with 48-72 hours Valtrex or Acyclovir Impetigo - 2 causes of bacteria - ans - Staph aureus & strep pyogenies Impetigo presentation - ans - Honey crusted lesions 2 types of Impetigo treatment - ans - Bullous: PO antibiotics Nonbollous: mupirocin ointment Pityriasis Rosea presentation - ans - Christmas tree like pattern rash Herald Patch pityoriasis rosea treatment - ans - Self limiting Rubeola presentation - ans - Cough, congestion, conjunctivitis (3 C's). 3-5 days after the 3 C's a rash appears ( measles, rubella, Koplik spots) Rubeola prevention - ans - MMR vaccine after 12 months old ( live vaccine) Mumps presentation - ans - Parotid gland swelling Sialolithiasis: what is it! - ans - Salivary gland stone Mass under chin when eating actinic keratosis presentation - ans - Dry pink lesions on a sun exposed area actinic keratosis treatment - ans - 5FU cream (topical chemo) and use liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy) If actinic keratosis is left untreated, what can it develop into? - ans - squamous cell carcinoma sqamous cell carcinoma presentation - ans - Slow growing scaly ulcerated, bleeds easily if squamous cell CA is suspected and a visible lesion is present, the next step should be - ans - Refer to dermatology