Your child's healthcare provider may use some of the words below to describe your child's skin condition.
Term | What it means |
Abscess | A closed, painful pocket of pus that may look like a pimple or blister |
Atrophic | Thin, wrinkled |
Blister | Fluid-filled bump under or within the top layer of skin |
Crust or scab | Formation of dried blood, pus, or other skin fluid over a break in the skin |
Cyst | Thin-walled lesion that contains fluid or other material, is under the skin, and may be deep in tissue |
Excoriation | A scratch |
Hives, wheals, welts, urticaria | Pink or white swelling of the skin |
Lesion | Any abnormal mark or change on the skin |
Lichenification | Skin that has thickened usually due to scratching |
Macule | Small, flat, discolored spot |
Nodule/papule | Small, solid, raised bump |
Patch | Large, flat, discolored area |
Pustule (pimple) | Inflamed lesion that appears to contain pus |
Plaque | Large, raised area of skin |
Scales | Dead skin cells that form flakes |
Scar | Fibrous tissue that has formed after a skin injury |