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Lesion that involves loss of the epidermis.

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Is erosion deeper than a ulcer?

No, erosion is a surface-level wearing away of material, whereas an ulcer is a hole or lesion that penetrates deeper into tissue. Ulcers can affect various parts of the body, such as the stomach lining or skin, and are typically more severe than erosion.


What do rocks look like after erosion?

Crumbled and smaller than before. It might depend on what type of erosion. There's onion skin (clues in the name), acid rain (makes a mess of rock after many years), and freezing (When a crack in a rock is filled with water that freezes and then melts repeatedly). There's also biological erosion caused by burrowing animals and plant seeds.


How does sun cause erosion?

In arid or dry climates like deserts, the sun heats up rocks in the day. So the rock expands. At night it cools down so the rock contracts. The constant expanding and contracting weakens the rock and over time the outer layer peels of, hence this process is known as onion skin erosion or exfoliation.


Is the earth surface smooth?

The Earth's surface is not completely smooth. It has a variety of features such as mountains, valleys, plateaus, and plains, which contribute to its diverse topography. These features are shaped by geological processes like tectonic activity, erosion, and weathering.


What is foot erosion?

Foot - erosion is a great problem for many national parks and other places where it is common. At first, there is a small trail that people can walk across. However after time and when it becomes more popular, the tracks get wider leaving scarred land. A lot of people do not like this because of the fact it is ruining the land and it may cost thousands to repair. It can be managed in various ways like giving awareness to people to what happens by giving out booklets and putting signs up. It can also be managed by closing the routes after some time, then reopening it when it is healed/ recovered.

Related Questions

What kind of secondary skin lesion is an excoriation?

A hollow, crusted area caused by scratching or picking at a primary lesion.


What kind of secondary skin lesion is lichenification?

Rough, thick epidermis with exaggerated skin lines. This is often a characteristic of scratch dermatitis and atopic dermatitis.


What is the different between primary and secondary lesions?

primary lesion is a macule, papule, pustlie, vesicle secondary lesion is a ulcer, crust, scar, skin atrophy, excoriation


What kind of secondary skin lesion is atrophy?

An area of skin that has become very thin and wrinkled. Normally seen in older individuals and people who are using very strong topical corticosteroid medication.


What is another word for ulcer?

crater like lesion of the skin or mucous membrane, erosion, excoriation?


What is the difference between a primary lesion and a secondary lesion?

A primary lesion occurs as a result of a spontaneous manifestation of a pathological process - includes macules, papules, nodules, tumours, plaque, vesicles, bullae, pustules, wheals, burrows and telangiectasiaA secondary lesion occurs as a result of the evolution of a disease, or from external trauma - they may evolve from primary lesions - includes scales, crust, atrophy, lichenification, erosion, excoriation, fissure, ulceration, scars, eschars, keloidsIf it is hard to distinguish just think that if you don't look after a disease, or skin condition correctly then secondary skin problems can occur - just like how if you don't apply moisture to sunburn it can blister and peel


What kind of secondary skin lesion is a crust?

A dried collection of blood, serum, or pus. Also called a scab, a crust is often part of the normal healing process of many infectious lesions.


What kind of skin lesion is a pustule?

A raised lesion filled with pus. A pustule is usually the result of an infection, such as acne, imptigeo, or boils.


What is a benign corn or callus called?

hyperleratotic skin lesion


Why is skin lesion removal used?

Sometimes the purpose of skin lesion removal is to excise an unsightly mole or other cosmetically unattractive skin growth.


What kind of skin lesion is a telangiectasia?

Small, dilated blood vessels that appear close to the surface of the skin. Telangiectasia is often a symptom of such diseases as rosacea or scleroderma.


A lesion in a blood vessel that show through the skin is called?

vascular lesion