Tag: Erythema

  • Skin Burns

    Skin Burns

    Warning: • The first emergency gesture is to cool the burned area (not burnt: risk of hypothermia), so as to minimize the propagation of heat in depth, and thereby deepening burn. • Any skin burn extent greater than 15% (adult), 10% (children and old), 5% (infant), requires medical transport to a specialized center. • Any…

  • Erythema

    Erythema

    DIAGNOSIS: The rash is a skin redness fading to vitopression. It is due to vasodilation of superficial vessels. The major symptom is rash erythematous, more or less extensive. The rash can touch the seed coat without mucosal involvement, then it is a rash. For infringement mucosa, we speak of enanthema. At the erythema may add…