Another Rash ? Managing Common Skin Problems in Primary ... · Scabies An assumption of a rash on the trunk in middles age with intense itching at night Axillary if common with infants

Managing Common Skin Problems in Primary Care: Ugh….Another RashKathleen Haycraft, DNP, FNP/PNP-BC, DCNP, FAANP

Another Rash ?

Objectives

At the completion of this session the learner will be able to:

1. Identify common skin rashes seen in dermatology

2. Differentiate between rashes that require urgent treatment and those that require monitored therapy.

3. Determine an appropriate treatment plan for common rashes

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Significance

Dermatologic conditions are the number one reason to enter ambulatory walk in clinics

The skin it the largest organ of the body and frequently is a measure of what is occurring internally

Take a good history

Duration

What did it look like in the beginning and how has it progressed?

Does anyone else in your immediate family or workers have a similar rash?

Have you been ill and in what way?

What have you treated the rash with prescription or over the counter medications?

Take a good history

Have they seen anyone and what diagnosis where you given?

What is your medical history?

What medicines do you take?

Does it itch, hurt, scale, or asymptomatic? Give it a scale.

How did it begin and what does has it changed (tie this into treatment history)?

Is the patient sick?

What does it looks like?

Macule vs. Patch

Papule, nodule, pustule, tumor

Vesicle or Bulla

Petechial or purpura

Indurated vs. non-indurated

Is it crusted…deep or superficial

What pattern…. Blaschkos vs. dermatome,, symmetrical, central vs. caudal, reticular, annular vs. linear

Pigment, vascularity

A day with dermatology

Dermatology is very visual….look think and make an impression.

Dermatology is also very tactile. Use your hands. Use your sense of smell.

Listen and evaluate and re-measure your impression.

Pearls

If the rash is symmetrical…think bug or drug.

When biopsy…know what you are looking for to do the correct technique.

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The random days of rashes

These cases were all listed at the front desk as “rash”

It has been itching here for a few months

I itch all over

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Dermatitis ?allergic/contact/irritant or eczema

This is chronic lichen simples..note cracking and thickening of skin that spares the fissures.

May be a fine rash or may be a thickened rash…the itch that rashes. Control the itch.

Controlling the itch

High dose antihistamines

Steroid with wet soak watch out for TAC and other fluorinated as they may lead to hypopigmentation

TCI

Moisturization

Gentle soap

Free detergent

Variety of allergy testing (prick, blood or patch?)

Rash keeps growing on my fingers

Started new med and used sunscreen burning rash on sun exposed skin

Differential

Drug was Cimzia

Sunscreen was a chemical base

Biopsy favored drug induced photo sensitivity

Drug changed and the condition resolved

With sun exposure think: photosensitivity, polymorphic light eruption or connective tissue diseases e.g., lupus (adverse reaction of Cimzia)

These bumps really itch

History

Itchy especially at night and itches intensely.

Has used Cortaid and antihistamines and nothing works.

Diagnosis and Treatment

Scabies An assumption of a rash on the trunk in middles age with intense itching at night

Axillary if common with infants

Loves the umbilicus and interdigitary areas in most ages

If you see intense scaling in elder or immunosuppressed consider Norwegian crusted scabies….teaming with scabies and highly infectious.

Treatment

Treatment:

5% permethrin cream

25% benzyl benzoate

10% sulfur

10% crotamiton cream

1% lindane lotion

Oral or topical ivermectin

This bump keeps growing

Symptoms

Palpable and firm edges (unless repeatedly manually expressed)

Very mobile

May have history of forceful expression of cheesy white or yellow material

THESE ARE NOT INFECTIOUS

Diagnosis and Treatment

Epidermoid Cyst

I & D (don’t recommend as some have squamous cell cancer) or elliptical or punch excision.

If inflamed cyclins (due to their anti-inflammatory effect

Laser

These bumps have to go

Xanthelsma vs Xanthoma

Associated with high lipid level with xanthoma not xanthelesma

Treatment of high cholesterols with statins or diet and exercise

Excision may lead to scarring and recurrence

This funny rash is on my neck

Poikiloderma of Civatte

Peels and hydroquinoine may fade

Exfoliants e.g., alpha hydroxy and tretinoin

IPL

Sunscreen, Sunscreen, Sunscreen

I can’t stand these bumps on my eyelids

Actinic Comedones

Sunscreen

Stop smoking

Retinoids

Extraction

Keeps getting bigger and itchy

Tinea

Tinea faciei treatment

Treat the itch with antihistamines

White vinegar 1 TBSP with 2 cups tepid water soak for 15 minutes dry and put on azole cream

Tinea capitis and faciei may require oral treatment with fluconazole or others

DO NOT TREAT WITH STEROIDs

This is itchy and started as a pimple

Majocchis granuloma

Punch biopsy may consider DIF to rule out connective tissue disease.

Oral terbinafine for 4 to 8 weeks or fluconazole for similar treatment

AVOID STEROIDS

Onychomycosis usually will find tinea pedis

Onychomycosis

Can do nail clipping to prove

Topical laquers: boron, azole, thymol,

May need oral terbinafine

Look and treat for tinea pedis

Don’t forget the shoes

I hate this bruise

Actinic Purpura

Solar damage

OTC products

Often use a cream with arnica montana

This is growing after my heart surgery is it cancer

I have these since I have had acne

Keloid/Hypertrophic Scar

Histologically different

Clinically a hypertrophic scar stays within its boundaries but a keloid extends beyond its original scar site

LN2

TAC injection

Silicone gel or patch

Laser

This is ugly

Venous Stasis Dermatitis

Compression is imperative

Unna boots are still usefully

Referral for varicose vein repair

Statins regardless of lipid levels

Assess for secondary infection however this is rare and always culture ideally with a tissue culture before treating

If ulcerated, silver products or umbilical cord tissue

Steroid and moisturizers

I have these white spots can you make them go away?

Idiopathic Guttate Hypomelanosis

Damage from long term sun exposure and melanocytes have been “blasted”

SUNSCREEN, Sunscreen, sunscreen

IPL and Peels may be of some help

Why does my son have this sudden mark?

What do you think this patient is doing?

Erythema Ab Igne

Due to heat

This patient had been using his computer/game station and the power source was on this side.

Remove heat and skin will usually return to normal in 6 months to a year.

Sunscreen as sun will increase the likelihood of permanent hyperpigmentation

I got a call from a pediatric nurse asymptomatic line

Unilateral Thoracic Exanthem

Usually asymptomatic but is variable.

Usually has a virus preceding. Take the history as usually has had a URI

Resolves without treatment

Reassurance

This doesn’t hurt but is a big bump

Keloid after ear piercing

Never excise as it will worsen

Send to a dermatology…may excise with imiquimod

I have these painless bumps on my forehead

Sebaceous Hyperplasia

Retinoids. Oral use of isotretinoin for 2 to 4 months. This population is older so lipid risk is of concern

Do not excise

IPL or Laser

This hurts and itches and has been here for 4 days

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Herpes Zoster

Pain usually precedes rash. Some may have itch. Pain is usually “burning”

Is not a bilateral rash

Early phases treat with antivirals

Steroids in some cases

Important to turn off the pain switchwith lidocaine patches or gabapentin

I have an itchy rash that won’t go away

Id/Dyshidrotic Eczema

Differentiate

If Id treat the primary fungal source

If eczema, steroid creams, moisturization, gentle soaps, free detergent, TCI, gloves (either physical or barrier) and generous use of antihistamines

This bump keeps bleeding

Pyogenic Granuloma

Note the collarate. An excessive response of tissue healing.

Shave and hyfrecate base.

May reoccur

I have this itchy rash

Interesting patient had a fistula above the rash

Example of venous stasis

This rash is ugly but doesn’t itch or hurt

Stucco Keratoses

Variant of seborrheic keratosis

Do not require treatment

Patient can scrub off with pumice bar after moisturization

This seems so dirty

Acanthosis Nigricans

Seen as a normal variant but may be a marker of diabetes, thyroid and other endocrine disease. Test if felt to be a high risk.

Weight loss, exercise, antiseptic soaps, amlactin or lac-hydrin

Do not underestimate the power of Mediterranean diet and exercise on the skin

This bump is cancer I think

Digital myxoid cyst

Palpable firm edge near a joint on the finger

Variant of ganglion cyst

LN2 or excision

Does not require treatment

I don’t like these bumps

Dermatosis Papulosa Nigricans

Variant of SK

Difficult to treat as it may cause hypopigmentation

I have these all over since childhood

Along with these

Neurofibromatosis

Requires neurologic, and dermatologic referral

Can you remove this?

Cicatrix post herpes shingles

Scarring is in a classic pattern.

Laser may be helpful

I have been using an ointment to try and clear this up

Perioral Dermatitis

Inflammatory rash

Note perioral sparing.

May be a precursor of rosacea

Frequently exacerbated by topical steroid use. ALWAYS AVOID STEROID USE

1 to 2 months of cyclins and TCI will clear

I am getting pimples at my age

Rosacea

Is an inflammatory disease of the central face

ETR to papular pustular to granulomatous and ocular may occur at any point

Treatment based on stage and range from vasoconstrictors, to cyclins, to metronidazole, to ivermectin, to IPL

Chronic

Need to be aware of triggers

My legs are blue

Blue pigmentation due to minocycline

The dangers of long term minocycline use.

May or may not reverse after discontinuation.

Amiodaraone, antipsychotics, seizure meds can cause hyperpigmentation

Steroids can cause hypopigmentation and vessel formation with fat atrophy

Nsaids and others can cause fixed drug eruption

I have this sore on my penis that won’t go away

Zoon’s balantis

Not cancer

Inflammatory condition

Responds to TCI and steroids

Referral usually wise as cannot rule out squamous cell cancer without a biopsy

Interesting Cases

This patient was placed on the schedule as a “rash”. When queried she has had the rash all of her life and wants to know if it is cancer.

Note the distribution pattern.

Cont:On my back of legs too

And further down my leg

AVM

Congenital arteriovenous malformation that follows Blaschko’s line.

A form of cutaneous mosaicism.

IPL, PDT, Laser

Rash all over, chills, feel sick

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Thank you.

Kathleen Haycraft, DNP, FNP/PNP-BC, DCNP, FAANP

300 Lovers Leap Dr

Hannibal, MO 63401

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