Medical Surgical Nursing

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Preventing Skin Cancer



  • Avoid sun between 10 AM and 3 PM

  • Sunscreen cream

  • Reapply after swimming, strenuous exercises, or prolonged sun bathing

  • Lip balm

  • Protective clothing

  • Inspect skin regularly


Nonmalignant skin tumor



  • Benign tumor of the skin include:

  • Warts

  • Lipomas (benign fatty tumors).

  • Keloids (abnormal growth of scar tissue).

  • Sebaceous cysts.

  • Nevi (moles).

  • Angiomas (birthmarks).


Inflammatory Disorders of the Skin: Dermatitis/Eczema



  • In current usage, eczema has almost become synonymous with dermatitis, although


eczema tends to be used most often to refer to chronic forms of dermatitis.

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