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Oral Nerve Blocks
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Fingertip Dressing, Simple
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Digital Block
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Warts: (Common and Plantar)
Presentation Patients generally seek medical care when a wart has become painful, partially avulsed, cosmetically unacceptable, or otherwise annoying. Common warts usually appear as one or more dome-shaped hyperkeratotic verrucous papules on the hands but may occur anywhere on the…
Uticaria (Hives), Acute
Presentation The patient is generally very uncomfortable with intense itching. There may be a history of similar episodes and perhaps a known precipitating agent (bee or fire ant sting, food, or drug). More often, the patient will have only a…
Toxicodendron (Rhus) Allergic Contact Dermatitis: (Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac)
Presentation The patient is troubled with an intensely pruritic rash that often consists of raised lesions that develop into vesicles and are usually formed in a streaked or linear pattern. Eventually there is a weeping, honey-colored crust, confluence of vesicles,…
Tinea Pedis, Tinea Cruris, Tinea Corporis: (Athlete’s Foot, Jock Itch, Ringworm)
Presentation Patients usually seek medical care for athlete’s foot, jock itch, or ringworm when pruritus is severe or when secondary infection causes pain and swelling. Worrisome spreading of the rash, along with an unsightly and annoying appearance, will also motivate…
Tick Bites and Tickborne Illness
Presentation The patient arrives with a tick attached to the skin ( Fig. 182.1 ) and is often frightened or disgusted and concerned about developing Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), or “tick fever.” Alternatively, the patient may only…
Sunburn
Presentation Patients generally seek help only if their sunburn is severe. There will be a history of extended exposure to sunlight or to an artificial source of ultraviolet radiation, such as a sunlamp. Patients at highest risk typically have fair…