Differential Diagnosis of Rashes - Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Running head: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RASHES
Differential diagnosis of rashes
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1DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RASHES
Table of Contents
Introduction: 2
Differential diagnosis: 2
Treatment and etiology: 3
Conclusion: 4
References: 5

2DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF RASHES
Introduction:
There are many health care adversities that lead to adverse consequences just due to the fact
that the early signs of them go unnoticed by the patient and their family members as well. Rashes
can be considered as one of the most commonly neglected and generalized symptoms, and along
with that, diagnosis of the rash symptoms are also is very complicated (Baron, Cohen & Archer,
2012). This assignment will attempt to describe the differential diagnosis of a generalized skin
rash and will arrive at the final diagnosis based on descriptive, symptomatic and etiological
analysis.
Differential diagnosis:
Rash can be very simply defined as any abnormality of the human skin, it is mostly localized
and can even be spread throughout the body, depending on the severity and the kind of the
infection. One of the major reasons behind the rashes being so difficult to accurately diagnose
can be the confusing and similar manifestation of the early symptoms. In the differential
diagnostic analysis assignment, the patient presented with a generalized skin rash which seemed
a irritated contact dermatitis in the first glance (Pugliarello et al., 2011). However in order for the
diagnosis to be effective and accurate, comprehensive assessment is required. The differential
diagnosis of the disease mainly points out at atopic dermatitis, although the other possibility in
this case that needs to be mentioned is the Tinea corporis.
The signs and symptoms of atopic dermatitis in the very early stages begin with red and itchy
blotches on the skin. Now it has to be mentioned that the physical appearance of Tinea corporis
is also very same with red blotchy patches on the skin (Budihardja, Freund & Mayser, 2010).
However there are significant differences in the shape and location of the process by which