Dermatological Atlas of Indigenous People

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Florian, Marcos Cesar (Συγγραφέας), Tomimori, Jane (Συγγραφέας), de Mendonça, Sofia Beatriz Machado (Συγγραφέας), Rodrigues, Douglas Antonio (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Environmental health.; Anthropology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Environmental Health.

Skin diseases are highly prevalent among indigenous people, leading to low mortality but greatly impacting their quality of life. Such diseases can be observed in indigenous people; both those living in isolated communities and those who have since been urbanized to some degree share a common charac...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. The social representation about the body, the skin and the skin diseases from the Indigenous thinking.- 2. A brief history of the Indigenous people of South American.- 3. A brief history of the Xingu National Park, Central Brazil.- 4. Elementary skin lesions in the dermatological medical examination.- 5. Infectious diseases.- 5.1. Fungal diseases
• 5.1.1. Dermatophytosis and Granuloma trichophyticum
• 5.1.2. Paronychia
• 5.1.3. Pityriasis versicolor
• 5.1.4. Tinea imbricate
• 5.1.5. Black piedra
• 5.1.6. Lobomycosis
• 5.1.7. Chromoblastomycosis
• 5.1.8. Mycetoma
• 5.2. Bacterial diseases
• 5.2.1. Impetigo
• 5.2.2. Bacterial folliculitis
• 5.2.3. Erisypela and Cellulitis
• 5.2.4. Furunculosis and Abscess
• 5.2.5. Cutaneous Mycobacteriosis
• 5.3. Virus diseases
• 5.3.1. Warts
• 5.3.2. Focal epithelial hyperplasia
• 5.3.3. Condyloma acuminatum
• 5.3.4. Moluscum contagiosum
• 5.3.5. Herpes simplex
• 5.3.6. Herpes zoster
• 5.4. Parasitic diseases
• 5.4.1. Scabiosis
• 5.4.2. Pediculosis
• 5.4.3. Larva migrans cutaneous
• 5.4.4. Tungiaisis
• 5.4.5. Leishmaniasis.- 6. Inflammatory diseases.- 6.1. Pityriasis alba
• 6.2. Eczematids
• 6.3. Miliaria
• 6.4. Contact dermatitis
• 6.5. Seborrheic dermatitis
• 6.6. Neurodermatitis
• 6.7. Psoriasis
• 6.8. Prurigo
• 6.9. Urticaria
• 6.10. Fixed drug eruption.- 7. Neoplastic diseases
• 7.1. Seborrheic keratosis
• 7.2. Melanocytic naevi
• 7.3. Mucous cysts
• 7.4. Pigmented basocellular carcinoma
• 7.5. Spinocellular carcinoma.- 8. Genetic diseases.- 8.1. Epidermolysis bullosa
• 8.2. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.- 9. Miscellaneous diseases.- 9.1. Hypertrophic scars and Keloids
• 9.2. Lichen striatus
• 9.3. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (“wild fire”)
• 9.4. Geographic tongue
• 9.5. Fox-Fordyce disease
• 9.6. Hydroa vacciniforme.