Describing a Skin Condition
	How to describe a skin condition: A physician may ask you to describe your child's dermatological condition and its location. Here are some of the more common terms that may help you in providing a more accurate description:
	atrophic thin, wrinkled blister fluid-filled bump crust/scab formation of dried blood, pus, or other skin fluid over a break in the skin cyst deeply seated lesion that contains material excoriation a scratch hives/wheals pink or white swelling of the skin lichenification skin that has thickened macule a flat discolored spot nodule/papule solid, raised bump raised bumps bumps that stick out above the skin surface patch flat, discolored spot pustule (pimple) inflamed lesions that appear to contain pus scales dead skin cells that form flakes scar fibrous tissue that has formed after a skin injury
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