Rashes and Lesions: Differential Classification, Health History, Physical Examination, and Morphological Criteria

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Rashes and Lesions
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Rashes..............................................................................................................................................2
Health History..............................................................................................................................2
Physical Examination..................................................................................................................3
Morphological criteria.................................................................................................................3
Questions.....................................................................................................................................3
Primary Questions...................................................................................................................3
Secondary Question.................................................................................................................4
Lesions.............................................................................................................................................4
Health History..............................................................................................................................4
Physical Examination..................................................................................................................6
Questions.....................................................................................................................................7
Present Medical History..........................................................................................................7
Past Medical History................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Skin lesions for example acnes are disorder of the skin and skin rashes are defined as
temporary eruptions or discolorations of the skin which arise out of inflammation (Dains,
Baumann & Scheibel, 2015). Both rash and lesions are skin problems or dermatological
disorders however; there exists a thin line of difference between them (Iaccarino et al., 2014).
The following report aims to highlight the differential classification of skin rash and skin lesions
based on their health history, morphology and the methods employed for physical examination.
Rashes
Health History
When the diagnosis of generalized manifestation of skin rash is not obvious then the
patients should be enquired about their recent travel history, past issues of insect bites, exposure
towards wild plants, drug reactions and contact with other infectious agents (Bhole et al., 2012).
Other history which is associated with the development of skin rash includes adverse chemical
reactions over skin due to the exposure from cosmetics, sexual history and recent systemic
symptoms like fever. Patients’ health history in relation to skin rash also deals with painful
lesions, personal or family history of atopy like allergic rhinitis, childhood eczema and asthma.
Moreover, people who are genetically predisposed with high concentration of IgE in blood or
eosinophil are more prone of getting affected with allergic syndromes and most important
manifestation of allergic syndrome is skin rashes (Bhole et al., 2012).