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DERMATITIS - Coggle Diagram
DERMATITIS
Assessment
Onset, location and chronicity of rash
Spreading, persistent/Intermittent
Precipitating, alleviating and relieving factors
Contact with allergens - cosmetics, personal care products, medication, jewellery, detergents, bandages, substances /PPE at work.
Amount, duration contact and time between exposure and developing symptoms
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Examine hands, face, eyelids, scalp, neck, axillae, ano-genital area, lower legs and feet
Signs of secondary infection - fever, erythema, heat and discharge
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Management
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Consider referral to dermatology - if severe, chronic or recurrent and treatment not controlled /responding /diagnosis not clear/associated with occupation
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Differential Diagnosis
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Skin Infections - fungal e.g. tinea corporis, bacterial e.g. cellulitis/impetigo, viral e.g. herpes simplex or varicella zoster. Parasitic e.g. scabies
Urticaria, psoriasis, Lupus erythematous
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Clinical Features
Contact Dermatitis
Acute Dermatitis - Erythema, Vesiculation, Dryness, Scaling and Bullae
Chronic Dermatitis - Dryness, Thickening of skin and Fissuring
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