Dermatologic Pathologies

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Across
  1. 3. Area of dead skin caused by local ischemia most often seen in bedridden individuals (persons who are debilitated, paralyzed, or unconscious) who are not turned regularly and in people who use wheelchairs or braces or have casts
  2. 6. Small benign mass resulting from rapid cell growth caused by one of several human papillomaviruses
  3. 7. Infection of skin and subcutaneous tissues most often arising from a skin wound
  4. 8. Chronic disease caused by a thickening or hardening of the skin caused by the overproduction of collagen
  5. 9. Tearing, thinning, or overstretching of skin, reducing its thickness
  6. 13. Fungal infection of the foot, most often to sole and between the toes
  7. 16. Inflammatory bacterial skin infection of the hair follicles and associated sebaceous glands marked by the presence of comedos
  8. 17. Dermatitis caused by contact with either an irritant or an allergen
  9. 18. Highly contagious bacterial skin infection that occurs mainly around the mouth, nose, and hands
  10. 19. Infection caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (virus that causes chickenpox)
Down
  1. 1. Scar that extends beyond the wound site
  2. 2. Inflammatory skin disorder that begins with a single lesion called a herald patch
  3. 4. Progressive, inflammatory skin disease causing central facial redness
  4. 5. A louse’s egg sack
  5. 10. Recurrent infection that affects the skin and mucous membranes, usually from herpes simplex virus type 1
  6. 11. Fungal infection of the skin characterized by a red, raised, round or oval, scaling area that spreads peripherally with clear center, creating the ring appearance
  7. 12. Chronic skin disorder in which proliferation of skin cells is greatly accelerated and, instead of renewing every month, occurs in a few days, with old skin cells piling up in thick patches
  8. 14. Most common inflammatory disorder affecting the skin, with 75% to 80% of affected individuals possessing a personal or family history of asthma or allergies
  9. 15. Irregular patches of unpigmented skin that appear milky white
  10. 20. Wingless parasites that depend on human blood for survival