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Acne is a skin condition characterized by whiteheads, blackheads, and inflamed red pimples or "zits."
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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 is 20-30 years old.
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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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Adult AcneIf your skin is erupting with blemishes that you thought could only afflict a teenager, you may have adult acne. Acne is the term for oil-cloggedpores(tiny openings on the skin) that become inflamed and form blemishes.
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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.
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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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Controlling Adult AcneYou stand the best chance of controlling your acne if you follow your treatment plan. Be patient.
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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 categorical descriptor, includes many different segments of the American population referred to as " black " or Americans of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
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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.
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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, redness, swelling, and blistering. Third-degree (full thickness) burns extend into deeper tissues. They cause white or blackened, charred skin that may be numb.
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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 people suffer serious burns; of that total, 115,000 are hospitalized and 12,000 die.
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Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Burns are characterized by degree, based on the severity of the tissue damage.
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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. Burns are characterized by degree, based on the severity of the tissue damage.
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds.
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult 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-zoster, a member of the herpesvirus family. The same virus also causes herpes zoster (shingles) in adults.
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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 symptoms.
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Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common, extremely infectious, rash-producing childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (a member of the herpes virus family), which is spread through the air or by direct contact with an infected person.
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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, affected nearly all children under the age of ten years.
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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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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 by an underlying condition.
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A wound occurs when the integrity of any tissue is compromised (e.g.
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A wound occurs when the integrity of any tissue is compromised (e.g.
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A wound occurs when the integrity of skin is compromised (e.g.
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