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ACNE INFLAMMATORY BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION OF THE HAIR FOLLICLES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED SEBACEOUS GLANDS ( CALLED THE PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT) ATHLETE'S FOOT FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE FOOT, MOST OFTEN THE SOLE AND BETWEEN THE TOES; ALSO CALLED TINEA PEDIS CELLULITIS INFECTION OF THE SKIN AND, PARTICULARLY, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES COLD SORE RECURRENT VIRAL INFECTIONS THAT AFFECT THE SKIN AND MUCUS MEMBRANES CONTACT DERMATITIS INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY IRRITANTS OR ALLERGENS DECUBITUS ULCER LOCALIZED AREAS OF DEAD SKIN THAT CAN EXTEND TO THE EPIDERMIS, DERMIS, SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, OR ALL THE WAY TO UNDERLYING BONES AND JOINTS CAUSED BY LOCALIZED ISCHEMIA ECZEMA CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISORDER AFFECTING THE SKIN IMPETIGO BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION THAT OCCURS MAINLY AROUND THE MOUTH, NOSE, AND HANDS KELOID SCARS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE WOUND SITE LICE WINGLESS PARASITE THAT LIVES ITS ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE ON A SINGLE HUMAN HOST AND DEPENDS ON ITS BLOOD FOR SURVIVAL NIT EGG SACK PITYRIASIS ROSEA SELF- LIMITING INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISORDER THAT OCCURS MOST OFTEN DURING WINTER MONTHS BEGINS WITH A SINGLE LESION, USUALLY ON THE TRUNK, CALLED A HERALD PATCH PSORIASIS CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISORDER IN WHICH THE PROLIFERATION RATE OF EPIDERMAL CELLS IS GREATLY ACCELERATED RING WORM FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN ROSACEA PROGRESSIVE, INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE THAT CAUSES FACIAL REDNESS SCLERODERMA ESSENTIALLY SCLEROSIS OF THE SKIN, IS A CHRONIC DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THICKENING OR HARDENING OF THE SKIN SHINGLES ACUTE, LOCALIZED VIRAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN IT IS ESSENTIALLY A REACTIVATION OF A VIRUS THAT CAUSES A COMMON CHILDHOOD DISEASE CALLED CHICKENPOX STRETCH MARKS TEARING, THINNING , OR OVERSTRETCHING OF SKIN, WHICH REDUCES ITS THICKNESS WARTS SMALL BENIGN MASS RESULTING FROM RAPID CELL GROWTH (HYPERPLASIA) VITILIGO IRREGULAR PATCHES OF UNPIGMENTED SKIN THAT MAY APPEAR MILKY WHITE PATHOLOGY CHAPTER 4