Medicine Mnemonics: Skin / Integumentary

Clubbing Causes

CLUBBING

C: Cyanotic heart disease
L: Lung disease (hypoxia, lung cancer, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis)
U: Ulcerative colitis/ crohns disease
B: Biliary cirrhosis
B: Birth defect
I : Infective endocarditis
N: Neoplasm (eg Hodgkins)
G: GI (malabsorption)

Erythema Nodosum causes

DIPS OUT

D: Drugs (eg sulfonamides)
I : Infections (eg strep)
P: Pregnancy
O: OCP
U: Ulcerative Colitis
T: TB

Herpes Zoster Treatment

AAAA

A: Acyclovir (or valAcyclovir)
A: Analgesics
A: Amitryptiline (other TCAs for neuralgias)
A: Antibiotics (for secondary infection)

Pruritis Systemic Causes

ITCH

I : Iron deficiency anemia / Internal Malignancy
T: Thyroid disease / Type 1 DM
C: CRF / Chronic liver disease
H: HIV infection / Hereditary hemochromatosis