Pathologies of the Integumentary System对皮肤系统疾病.pptxVIP

Pathologies of the Integumentary System Pathologies Pathology: the study of disease Studying how injury occurs to cells and tissues, how body responds to injury Pathos: feeling Ology: study of Acne Acne typically appears on your face, neck, check, back and shoulders, which are the areas of your skin with the largest number of functional oil glands. Cause: Occurs when the opening of hair cells are blocked by dead epidermal cells. The oil from the sebaceous glands gets trapped and bacteria that live in your skin build up and cause irritation that leads to inflammation Treatment: Acne treatments work by reducing oil production, speeding up skin cell turnover, fighting bacterial infection, and reducing the inflammation of the affected area. Baldness Loss of hair Causes: Thyroid Problems Genetic. Alopecia Areata:The condition is brought on by an auto-immune disorder in which your own body attacks and destroys its own hair follicles. Scalp infections Skin disorders Treatments: There are a variety of treatments that include steroids and surgical implants. These try to stimulate the growth of the hair follicles or replace the destroyed ones. Vitiligo A condition in which your skin loses melanin causing slowly enlarging white patches or irregular shapes to appear on your skin. Cause: Vitiligo occurs when the cells that produce melanin die or no longer produce melanin. It may be due to an immune system disorder. Treatment: Steroid Creams – sometime help the melanocytes stay alive and create pigment Depigmentation – bleach the skin to match the color of the lighter patches Skin transplants – replace the damaged melanocytes Psoriasis A chronic (reuccuring) condition where the skin inflames and becomes covered in silvery scales Cause: The epidermis continues to replicate uncontrollably (hyperplasia). Possibly because of antibodies stimulating the growth but we don’t really know exactly why. Treatment: Drugs that stop the antibodies from communicating with the epidermal