What's the difference between efflorescence and rash?

Efflorescence


Definition:

  • (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
  • (n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.
  • (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc.
  • (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Herpetiform efflorescences appeared over the head and trunk shortly before death.
  • (2) Clinico-biological examination of 154 patients with psoriasis resulted in data showing high activity of endo- and exopeptidases in efflorescences of that dermatosis.
  • (3) These nodules were painful when pressure was applied The clinical appearance of the efflorescence was most similar to that of glomangiomas.
  • (4) In these 18 the efflorescence was also examined histologically.
  • (5) As zinc sulphate has efflorescent properties, the effect of humidity on the coated tablets was studied and physical stability tests were carried out.
  • (6) The classical combination of symptoms consists of urticariel efflorescences, bleeding of skin and lining tissue and arthralgies [8, 19].
  • (7) The history revealed that, when about 40 years of age, a coarse skin-fold and yellowish-white xanthoma-like efflorescences had been noted around her umbilicus, the inguinal regions and axillae.
  • (8) We have observed 5 such cases and, in this report, describe 2 cases in which the sudden efflorescence of many new warts was used as a sign to predict accurately the onset of involution and subsequent regression of all flat warts.
  • (9) Polymorphous light eruption (PLE) is a common disorder characterized by a delayed, abnormal response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, with a varied morphology of itching efflorescences on sun-exposed areas of the skin.
  • (10) New insights into the pathophysiology of acne show that the most important therapeutic principle is suppression of the propionibacteria in the pilosebaceous duct since these bacteria have a key role in the genesis of the comedo and of inflammatory acne efflorescences.
  • (11) After appearance of a leutic maculo-papulous rash systemic application of Penicillin lead to a quick cessation of the cutaneous efflorescences as well as of the uveitis.
  • (12) This leads us to study the volatilisation of codeine stored in safety boxes suggest adding the mention "slightly efflorescent" to the usual characteristics of codeine found in the monography of the French Pharmacopoea as mentionned by LEBEAU and JANOT.
  • (13) Our investigation showed that the reverse is the case: the thickness of the epidermis in the psoriasis efflorescences is significantly greater than in healthy skin nearby in the same patient.
  • (14) "In the early 2000s there was this incredible efflorescence of anger and excitement .
  • (15) All the remaining changes, particularly the mutagenic and immunosuppressive effects as well as papular efflorescences on the skin, arise only as secondary phenomena.
  • (16) Characteristic efflorescence emerged during pregnancy; clinical manifestations disappeared 1-2 weeks after the disease resolution.
  • (17) The time of efflorescence was different in each pregnancy.
  • (18) Confluent vesicles flattened within 24 to 48 hours and no further efflorescences were seen.
  • (19) Both araU derivatives applied as 0.1% eyedrops suppressed the development of keratitis as monitored by the reduced number of herpes efflorescences.
  • (20) In the first days of this therapy, a characteristic local reaction of the L.p. lesions could be observed; first an edematous swelling appeared, followed by scaling and regression of efflorescences.

Rash


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
  • (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
  • (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
  • (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
  • (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
  • (superl.) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
  • (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
  • (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
  • (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
  • (v. t.) To prepare with haste.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The rash presented either as a pityriasis rosea-like picture which appeared about three to six months after the onset of treatment in patients taking low doses, or alternatively, as lichenoid plaques which appeared three to six months after commencement of medication in patients taking high doses.
  • (2) Two young patients presented with generalised lymphadenopathy, otorrhoea, otitis, and rash.
  • (3) --The frequency of common clinical manifestations (eg, headache, fever, and rash) and laboratory findings (eg, leukocyte and platelet counts and serum chemistry abnormalities) of patients with infectious diseases was tabulated.
  • (4) The cause of death was thought to be postoperative Graft Versus Host Disease with skin rash and pancytopenia.
  • (5) Adverse reactions associated with ticlopidine included neutropenia (severe in one patient) with no clinical complications, diarrhea, or rash.
  • (6) The presence of an erythematous skin rash and hemorrhagic complications in acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) suggest that the vasculature may be involved in the immunopathologic process.
  • (7) Hypersensitivity reactions, most commonly skin rashes or pruritus, affect about 1% of patients.
  • (8) The adverse effects were negligible--one patient had light urticarial rash and pruritus.
  • (9) In vitro invasion and in vivo metastasis assays were performed with a panel of MCF-7 cells transfected with isogenic constructs of mutated rasH genes.
  • (10) We describe a man who presented with Reiter's syndrome and a new prominent malar rash.
  • (11) A 71-year-old female showed a rash over the S2-4 dermatomes on the right side.
  • (12) Somebody rashly asked if he listened to the recently reprieved 6 Music – no – or even Radio 1, which he only caught, he said, when turning the dial between Radios 3 and 4.
  • (13) These indicators included temperature elevation, inability to be consoled, level of alertness, nuchal rigidity, bulging fontanel, decreased appetite, rash, referral, and febrile seizures.
  • (14) Extracardiac adverse effects of quinidine include potentially intolerable gastrointestinal effects and hypersensitivity reactions such as fever, rash, blood dyscrasias and hepatitis.
  • (15) The protective effects of FK565 against systemic infections with herpes simplex virus (HSV) and murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), respiratory tract infection with influenza virus and zosteriform rash with HSV investigated in mice.
  • (16) These included petechial rash, hypertrichosis, acute renal failure, fluid retention and cardiac failure.
  • (17) These results suggest a frequent infection with HHV-6 only a few weeks after BMT and a close association between the infection with the virus and the development of skin rashes.
  • (18) Of these five, one came from a 'normal' control who had a positive anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), facial rash and diabetes, two were from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and two were from patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).
  • (19) The drug was withdrawn in 6 patients--lack of response in one, thrombocytopenia in one, urticaria in one, rash in one, and granulocytopenia in 2.
  • (20) Supplementation with zinc sulfate 220 mg per day via nasogastric tube resulted in disappearance of the rash with return of serum zinc to normal levels.