COURSE TEST QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
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,Treatment for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - Answer: Doxycycline for any age and regardless of
pregnancy
Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - Answer: Rash on palms of hands and soles of feet pops
up after 3-5 days of initial treatment
Presentation of Lyme Disease - Answer: Bulls eye rash
Lyme disease is also known as... - Answer: Erythema migrans
Treatment for Lyme disease over 8 years old - Answer: Doxycycline
Treatment for Lyme disease less than 8 years old - Answer: Amoxicillin
Aphthous Stomatitis vs herpes - Answer: Aphthous Stomatits: kanker sore inside the mouth
Herpes: painful clustered vesicles located outside the mouth
Treatment for herpes - Answer: Antivirals with 48-72 hours
Valtrex or Acyclovir
Impetigo - 2 causes of bacteria - Answer: Staph aureus & strep pyogenies
Impetigo presentation - Answer: Honey crusted lesions
2 types of Impetigo treatment - Answer: Bullous: PO antibiotics
Nonbollous: mupirocin ointment
Pityriasis Rosea presentation - Answer: Christmas tree like pattern rash
Herald Patch
,pityoriasis rosea treatment - Answer: Self limiting
Rubeola presentation - Answer: Cough, congestion, conjunctivitis (3 C's).
3-5 days after the 3 C's a rash appears ( measles, rubella, Koplik spots)
Rubeola prevention - Answer: MMR vaccine after 12 months old
( live vaccine)
Mumps presentation - Answer: Parotid gland swelling
Sialolithiasis: what is it! - Answer: Salivary gland stone
Mass under chin when eating
actinic keratosis presentation - Answer: Dry pink lesions on a sun exposed area
actinic keratosis treatment - Answer: 5FU cream (topical chemo) and use liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy)
If actinic keratosis is left untreated, what can it develop into? - Answer: squamous cell carcinoma
sqamous cell carcinoma presentation - Answer: Slow growing scaly ulcerated, bleeds easily
if squamous cell CA is suspected and a visible lesion is present, the next step should be - Answer: Refer
to dermatology
ABCDEs of melanoma - Answer: asymmetry, border, color, diameter >6 mm, evolving
seborrheic keratosis: do lesions need to be removed - Answer: No- they are benign
, most common type of skin cancer - Answer: basal cell carcinoma
basal cell carcinoma presentation - Answer: Shiny, waxy, pearly
May see telangiectasia with this
basal cell carcinoma : what should we do if we see this - Answer: Refer to derm
Another name for atopic dermatitis - Answer: Eczema
eczema (atopic dermatitis) presentation - Answer: Pruitic, itch scratch cycle. Located on flexor surfaces
(like back of knees, axilla, elbows) .
Eczema, atopic dermatitis - treatment - Answer: Topical corticosteroids
3A's - Answer: Asthma, allergies, atopic dermatitis
Plaque Psoriasis presentation - Answer: Silvery scales, itches
auspitz sign, psoriasis - Answer: pinpoint bleeding after a scale is removed or after
Koebner phenomenon - Answer: new psoriatic plaques form over areas of skin trauma. Trauma to skin
leads to having plaque in that spot
Plaque psoriasis treatment - Answer: Topical steroids
Contact dermatitis treatment - Answer: avoid offending agents, corticosteroids
Shingles presentation - Answer: Severe, piercing, burning, stabbing nerve pain along a dermatome
Vesicular rash in same area appears a few days after pain