What do I need to look for in a skin condition?

  I have been a dermatologist for 20 years and have come into contact with many dermatologic STD patients. Some patients are very good at seeing the doctor while others are not. I thought of some details that need to be paid attention to when looking at dermatological diseases for the reference of those who are interested, these are not hospital imposed rules, but note that it will be beneficial to the patients themselves. The following are original, from the usual accumulation, online improvisation, do not have to be in order, pick the useful to you to see it.  1, look at toenail women, please do not paint nails, and wear pantyhose, and then with booties and high boots, the doctor may have the patience to slowly wait for you to finally reveal toenail, but you have tossed full of sweat. It’s also hard for the doctor to see through to the toenails underneath the nail polish. After all, China currently does not have the conditions for American patients to seek medical attention and can wear what seems like an isolation gown to wait for the doctor in a single room.  2. Please do not wear makeup if you are looking at facial skin.  3, patients with allergic skin disease and a recent history of taking medication, if you are afraid of drug allergies, remember the names of the drugs you have eaten, if you find it too difficult to remember, we recommend bringing the drug instructions or packaging with you. If you just tell the doctor that you are taking white pills or brown capsules, it will be difficult for the doctor to judge, it is not as easy as judging a bun and doughnut. If you don’t know what drug is causing it, how can you prevent it in the future?  4, see patients with sexually transmitted diseases, the doctor will protect the patient’s privacy, but if you bring a lot of people accompanied by some embarrassment and inconvenience will occur. Of course how the individual is willing, the doctor is not opposed to someone accompanying the patient.  5, see patients with sexually transmitted diseases, personal history of sexual contact is recommended to inform the doctor truthfully, the doctor may not be interested in your privacy, but only in finding the basis for the diagnosis he wants to make or exclude. To know the correct diagnosis of the biggest gainer is the patient.  6, see the skin disease to remove the shame. Some patients to the doctor to see the skin damage, as if holding the lute half hidden, the doctor can not see the true number of lesions, distribution, characteristics, the diagnosis has no small impact. If they take matters into their own hands and secretly keep them they may also leave future problems. Doctors treat every part of the patient’s skin and mucous membranes equally, without prejudice or favor or dislike. Please understand this. Clinically, we have encountered elderly male patients who are shy to look at their private parts, and the eczema-like cancer of scrotum finally occurs, and they have missed the good time of early excision and treatment.  7, see dermatology may be very different from other diseases is that the patient will get all kinds of bottles and jars, creams and water topical drugs. Which medicine is applied to which part of the body, which stage to apply have a direct impact on the effectiveness of the treatment of skin diseases. Usually the doctor will have instructions in the prescription, but if the patient is confused or psychologically unsure after getting the medicine and feels that it is not right with the doctor’s instructions, please do not hesitate to bring the medicine to the doctor and check again to make sure you are really clear before leaving.  8. The skin is the largest organ of the body, and it covers an area of about 1.5 to 2.0 square meters. The rash on the patient’s body may be distributed in various parts of the body, whether they are related to each other or not, please tell the doctor together. Some rashes that the patient thinks are unrelated to each other are exactly the characteristic manifestations of a disease in the doctor’s opinion. Never tell your doctor on the way out that there is another bump somewhere.