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NSG 3250 & 3280 EXAM 2 Study guide Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
HSV-1 - ANSWER -involve skin and mucous membrane
-latent form in CN V and dorsal root ganglia
-blood testing/swab
-burning/tingling sensation; pustules/ulcers/vesicles that burst
and crust; erythema
***Above the waist (cold sores)
**NO CURE; meds to manage symptoms
*not necessarily painful - think discomfort
HSV-2 - ANSWER ***Below the waist (genital warts)
**NO CURE; meds to manage symptoms
*not necessarily painful - think discomfort
-involve skin and mucous membrane
-latent form in CN V and dorsal root ganglia
-blood testing/swab
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-burning/tingling sensation; pustules/ulcers/vesicles that burst
and crust; erythema
Herpes Zoster Virus - ANSWER -acute, localized inflammatory
disease of dermatomal segment of skin
-vesicles develop w/erythema along dorsal root ganglia---
appears on corresponding dermatome
-caused by same virus of varicella-zoster
-deactivation of latent virus = shingles
-PAINFUL; tingling (paresthesia)
-vesicles dry, crust and fall off
-3 phases: pre-eruptive, acute eruptive, postherpetic neuralgia
***common in elderly
**Oral antiviral drugs; topical agents; lotion
superficial fungal infections - ANSWER - microsporum,
trichophyton, epidermophyton
-tinea (infection) of any cutaneous area; named after location
-microscopy & culture
NSG 3250 & 3280 EXAM 2 Study guide Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
HSV-1 - ANSWER -involve skin and mucous membrane
-latent form in CN V and dorsal root ganglia
-blood testing/swab
-burning/tingling sensation; pustules/ulcers/vesicles that burst
and crust; erythema
***Above the waist (cold sores)
**NO CURE; meds to manage symptoms
*not necessarily painful - think discomfort
HSV-2 - ANSWER ***Below the waist (genital warts)
**NO CURE; meds to manage symptoms
*not necessarily painful - think discomfort
-involve skin and mucous membrane
-latent form in CN V and dorsal root ganglia
-blood testing/swab
, 2|Page © copyright 2025/2026 | Grade A+
-burning/tingling sensation; pustules/ulcers/vesicles that burst
and crust; erythema
Herpes Zoster Virus - ANSWER -acute, localized inflammatory
disease of dermatomal segment of skin
-vesicles develop w/erythema along dorsal root ganglia---
appears on corresponding dermatome
-caused by same virus of varicella-zoster
-deactivation of latent virus = shingles
-PAINFUL; tingling (paresthesia)
-vesicles dry, crust and fall off
-3 phases: pre-eruptive, acute eruptive, postherpetic neuralgia
***common in elderly
**Oral antiviral drugs; topical agents; lotion
superficial fungal infections - ANSWER - microsporum,
trichophyton, epidermophyton
-tinea (infection) of any cutaneous area; named after location
-microscopy & culture
