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Question	Answer
- Involve in the misdiagnosis – targets the skin (first manifestation) MANIFESTATION: SKIN OR BITE AREA FREQUENTLY MISDIAGNOSED: Ticks, mites, bed bugs, fleas, water bugs, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera	ARTHROPODS
1 Lyme disease: caused by __ 2 Manifestation of lyme disease	1 bacterium borrelia 2 Erythema chronicum migrans
Skin inflammation located on a FATTY LAYER of the skin Reddness, inflamed	Erythema nodosum
- Manifestations: VASCULITIS (inflammation of blood vessels) - Characterized by NECROTIZING INFLAMMATORY LESIONS	Periarteritis nodosum
- Manifestations: LARGE, PAINFUL SORES that may DEVELOP INTO ULCERS in the skin and also in the legs - Caused by IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDER (autoimmune diseases)	Pyroderma gangrenosum
- ABSCESSES (pus) caused by fungal infection - Like RINGWORMS that will eventually CONTAINS PUS	Kerion (cell-mediated response to a fungus)
- Serious disorder of the SKIN AND MUCUS MEMBRANE - Caused by adverse reactions (medications) - Start with a FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS then the patient will have RASHES. The RASHES WILL SPREAD AND CREATE BLISTERS. - Whole skin will create blisters UNTIL THE SKIN WILL SHRED OFF. Cause by adverse reactions to certain medication especially to antibiotics	Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)
○ LIFE THREATENING SKIN DISORDER ○ PEELING & BLISTERING of the skin ○ Caused by drug reaction: ANTIBIOTICS & ANTICONVULSANTS	Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
- INTRAVASCULAR THROMBOSIS and HEMORRHAGIC INFARCTION of the skin	Purpura Fulminans