Question

While assessing the client's skin, a nurse notices a skin condition, the pathophysiology of which involves increased visibility of oxyhemoglobin caused by an increased blood flow due to capillary dilation. which condition is associated with this client?

Answer 1

This is called erythema. Causes for this can include a fever, direct trauma, blushing, or ETHOL intake. This type of pigmentation can affect the face, the area in which trauma may have incurred, the sacrum, the shoulders, and other common sites for ulcers.