Picture quiz - viral presentations

The Nursing in Practice ‘picture quizzes’ aim to test your knowledge through photo presentations of symptoms. Work your way through them to understand the key clinical problems faced by patients, and how to correctly identify them. Press ‘start’ below to begin the quiz.

<div id="article_leaderboard2" class="article-lb mb-4 widget_text widget adbanner mpu d-none d-md-none d-lg-block "> <div class="textwidget custom-html-widget">  <div id="article-lb"><script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("article_leaderboard2"); }); </script></div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Related Article: </strong> <a id="related_article_link_2" href="https://www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/dermatology-and-wound-care/cpd-case-by-case-acute-and-emergency-dermatology-presentations/">CPD: Case by case – acute and emergency dermatology presentations</a> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>A 58-year-old man has come to see you with a rash on his back. It has come up over the past 24 hours and is painful, the pain having started a day or so before the rash. He describes the pain as burning. The rash is limited to one place and does not occur anywhere else. What is this a presentation of?</h3> <ul> <li>Chickenpox</li> <li>Molluscum contagiosum</li> <li>Shingles</li> <li>Pityriasis rosea</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>A 15 year old girl has come to see you because she has a sore throat with a temperature and she has noticed lumps in her neck. She is having episodes of shivering and has been feeling very tired lately. What could this be?</h3> <ul> <li>Tonsillitis</li> <li>Rhinovirus infection</li> <li>Pharyngitis</li> <li>Glandular fever</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>A one-year-old baby is brought in to see you as her mother is worried about a rash and a temperature of 38°C. The temperature developed a few days before the rash, which started on the abdomen yesterday and has now spread to the face and legs. The child has not had a cough or runny nose. What is this most likely to be?</h3> <ul> <li>Measles</li> <li>Roseola</li> <li>Pityriasis rosea</li> <li>Rubella</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>You are seeing a 12-year-old boy who has been brought in with a rash. It has been there for a couple of months and seems to be slowly spreading. It is mainly on the trunk, with a few spots on the inner aspect of the arm. They are not painful or itchy. What is this?</h3> <ul> <li>Warts</li> <li>Pityriasis rosea</li> <li>Molluscum contagiosum</li> <li>Eczema herpeticum</li> </ul> </section> <p>  <p>

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