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1. Question: Would you give the HZ vaccine to an older adult patient who has recovered from a herpeszoster ophthalmicus outbreak?
2. Question: What are some of the differential diagnoses of suspected lymphedema? List three.
3. Question: Identify three common causes of lymphedema.
4. Question: Your 82-year-old patient comes in for a routine checkup and mentions that she is worried about a skin lesion on her back. She is concerned that it might be “cancer” because it looks ugly, warty, and is getting bigger over 5 years. You examine it and determine it to be a seborrheic keratosis. What would your differential diagnoses include?
5. Question: Your 98-year-old patient complains of a corn behind his big toe that bothers him when he walks. Describe how corns usually form.
6. Question: Your 69–year-old male patient with type 2 diabetes presents with a seven-inch swollen, erythematous area on his lower leg. He says it is tender, and the reddened area is warm to the touch and has been getting larger. The opposite leg appears normal. He admits that his dog may have scratched him when he jumped up on him several daus ago. What condition would you suspect the patient has, why, and what course of treatment would you recommend?
7. Question: A 75-year-old male patient returns to the clinic with complaints of worsening psoriasis. Describe two treatments you might prescribe for his patient.
8. Question: Your 79-year-old Caucasian male patient comes to the clinic with a “sore” on the top of his ear that does not seem to be healing. He admits he does not often wear a hat or sunscreen when he golfs or mows the lawn. He states he has picked it off, but it keeps coming back, and now it bleeds. What risk factors does he have that lead you to the diagnosis of a basal cell carcinoma (BCC)?
9. Question: Explain why diuretic are not helpful in the treatment of lymphedema.
10. Question: Your 78-year-old patient comes in yearly for a skin check. She was a self-proclaimed “sun worshipper” in her younger day. She has multiple freckles over her face, arms, and back. She is concerned about a freckle on her back that seems to be getter larger. This what you see, what is your impression?