Quiz 12: Skin conditions

Please choose the one, most correct answer to each question or statement.

1. What is a papule?
   • A flat spot.
   • A raised spot that can be felt.
   • A fluid filled spot.
   • A pus filled spot.
2. Molluscum contagiosum presents with:
   • White patches inside the mouth.
   • A small ulcer with enlarged local lymph nodes.
   • A very itchy scalp.
   • Groups of small, shiny papules.
3. How are warts managed?
   • Apply wart paint.
   • Expose to sunshine.
   • Apply saliva each morning.
   • Cover with a plaster.
4. What is ringworm?
   • The cause of ‘sandworm’.
   • An infection commonly found on the finger.
   • A rash caused by a fungus.
   • A worm which causes allergic rashes.
5. What is commonly used to treat ringworm?
   • Clotrimazole ointment.
   • Mycostatin ointment.
   • Oral flucloxacillin.
   • Oral piperazine.
6. How should tinea versicolor be treated?
   • With selenium sulphide shampoo.
   • With griseofulvin ointment.
   • With oral griseofulvin.
   • With 1% hydrocortisone cream.
7. How should severe dandruff be managed?
   • Avoid eating eggs, dairy products and wheat.
   • 1% gamma benzene hexachloride shampoo.
   • Ketoconazole shampoo.
   • Massage scalp with aqueous cream.
8. Impetigo presents with:
   • Pigmented patches with fine scales around the edges.
   • Yellow crusts.
   • Small painful blisters on the lips.
   • Painful cracks between the toes.
9. Scabies is caused by:
   • Streptococcus.
   • A mite.
   • Lice.
   • Tuberculosis.
10. Scabies usually presents with:
    • A very itchy rash on the wrists.
    • A severe cough and generalised papular rash.
    • A scaly rash on the scalp.
    • Nappy rash.
11. What is used to treat scabies in children?
    • Streptomycin.
    • 2% vioform ointment.
    • Moisturising cream.
    • 12.5% benzyl benzoate lotion.
12. Head lice should be treated by:
    • Shaving the head.
    • Combing out the nits every week.
    • Using 1% gamma benzene hexachloride shampoo.
    • Applying DDT powder.
13. Acute atopic eczema presents with:
    • Dry scaly skin.
    • Mosquito bites.
    • An itchy, weeping rash.
    • A heat rash.
14. Chronic atopic eczema presents with:
    • Dry, itchy, scaly patches.
    • A crusting rash on the cheeks.
    • A red, greasy rash of the face and scalp.
    • Papules and pustules on the face.
15. What would you advise in a 4-month-old child with mild eczema?
    • Wear woollen clothes to keep warm.
    • Wash well with soap and apply antihistamine cream.
    • Stop breastfeeding.
    • Use moisturising cream regularly.
16. Seborrhoeic dermatitis should be treated with:
    • Petroleum jelly (Vaseline).
    • 1% hydrocortisone ointment.
    • Erythromycin cream.
    • Antihistamine ointment.
17. What is the appearance of papular urticaria?
    • A scaly rash, typically on the trunk and limbs.
    • Large pale swollen areas with pink borders (weals).
    • An itchy rash between the fingers.
    • Groups of very itchy, red papules.
18. What is a chronic condition that presents with thickened, red patches of skin covered with fine silvery scales?
    • Psoriasis.
    • Ichthyosis.
    • Miliaria.
    • Tinea versicolor.
19. Acne is caused by:
    • Too much chocolate in the diet.
    • Not washing the face regularly with soap.
    • Excessive secretion by the sebaceous glands.
    • An allergy.
20. How should mild acne be treated?
    • Squeeze the pustules and blackheads.
    • Apply tretinoin and benzoyl peroxide ointments.
    • Give an oral antibiotic (tetracycline) for 3 months.
    • Apply a steroid cream (e.g. betnovate).