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A chronic inflammation of the sebaceous glands embedded in the skin. Acne is the chronic inflammation of the sebaceous glands, normally acquired in adolescence between the ages of 14 and 18, that usually resolves itself by the time the individual ...
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Acne is a skin condition that causes whiteheads, blackheads, and inflamed red lesions (papules, pustules, and cysts) to form. These growths are commonly called pimples or "zits."
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Acne is a common inflammatory skin disease characterized by pimples on the face, chest, and back. It occurs when the pores of the skin become clogged with oil, dead skin cells, and/or bacteria.
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Acne is a skin disorder that leads to an outbreak of lesions called pimples or "zits." The most common form of the disease is called acne vulgaris—the rash that affects many adolescents. Acne vulgaris is triggered by the hormonal changes that occu...
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Acne is a common skin disease characterized by pimples on the face, chest, and back. It occurs when the pores of the skin become clogged with oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria.
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A wound occurs when the integrity of any tissue is compromised, for example, when skin breaks, muscle tears, burns , or bone fractures . A wound may be caused by an act, such as a gunshot, fall, or surgical procedure; by an infectious disease; or ...
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A wound occurs when the integrity of any tissue is compromised (e.g. skin breaks, muscle tears, burns ,or bone fractures ). A wound may be caused by an act, such as a gunshot, fall, or surgical procedure; by an infectious disease; or by an underly...
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A wound occurs when the integrity of skin is compromised (e.g., skin breaks, burns , or bone fractures ). A wound may be caused by an act, such as a gunshot, fall, or surgical procedure; by an infectious disease; or by an underlying condition.
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A wound occurs when the integrity of any tissue is compromised (e.g. skin breaks, muscle tears, burns , or bone fractures ). A wound may be caused by an act (such as a gunshot, a fall, or a surgical procedure), by an infectious disease, or by an u...
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Contact injuries to the skin and deeper tissues caused by exposure to flames, hot liquids or solids, radiant heat, caustic chemicals, electricity or electromagnetic (nuclear) radiation. Every year, in the United States, approximately two million p...
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There are three levels of burns: First-degree burns affect only the outer layer of the skin. They cause pain, redness, and swelling; Second-degree (partial thickness) burns affect both the outer and underlying layer of skin. They cause pain, redne...
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Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to the tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Such injuries cause the breakdown of body proteins, death of cells, loss of body fluids, and edema .
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals.
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds. ( Phototake . Reproduced by permission. )
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Alternate terms: Black English; African American Vernacular English. The form of English spoken by many black Americans, especially those living in urban, inner-city neighborhoods. Ebonics (derived from "ebony" and "phonics") gained nationwide att...
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The use of the taxonomic category African American, either in public or health or other disciplines, fundamentally reflects the historic and contemporary systems of racial stratification in American society. The term "African American," as a categ...
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Varicella, or chickenpox, is an acute communicable disease characterized by a generalized vesicular rash. Because it is highly contagious, most individuals contract it in childhood.
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Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other ...
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases. A child or adult with chickenpox may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts. Chickenpox is caused by a virus. The virus that causes chickenpox is varicella-z...
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Varicella-zoster virus is the causal agent of varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Varicella, the primary varicella-zoster virus infection, is predominantly a childhood disease in non-vaccinated populations.
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Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common, extremely infectious, rash-producing childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion.
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Chickenpox (varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also occasionally affects adults. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other symptoms.
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Highly contagious childhood disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, and for which there is a vaccine to provide immunity. Chicken pox is a highly contagious childhood disease that, until the vaccine became available in the mid-1990s, affecte...
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Disease commonly known as chicken pox. Varicella, commonly known as chicken pox, is a highly contagious disease for which a vaccine became available in the 1990s.
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