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Skin Diseases and Conditions: Impetigo, Dermatitis, Psoriasis, Scabies, Tinea, Tropical Ulcers and Melanoma

A nursing lesson on the causes and clinical presentation of impetigo, infantile atopic dermatitis and eczema, allergic contact dermatitis, seborrhoea, acne vulgaris, psoriasis, urticaria, herpes simplex and zoster, pemphigus vulgaris, scabies, the tinea infections of the body, scalp, foot, groin and nails, tropical ulcers and melanoma. It gives the nursing care that goes with them - topical and systemic medication, antihistamines and steroids, improved nutrition and vitamins, non-adherent dressings and limb elevation, debridement under anaesthesia for a large infected ulcer, skin grafting in advanced cases and amputation in the extreme one.

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