Blanching sm
Posted By: Illiterate on 2006-01-09
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Subject: Blanching sm
Blanching means "turning white" and they usually say "no pitting edema," etc. When the doctor pushes the area in with his/her finger, does the area turn white or "blanched" and is it staying "pushed in" or pitted or does it pop right back to where it belongs? Not the greatest "language" but kind of what it means. Good luck!
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Local/topical anesthetics often times mixed with epinephrine constrict blood vessels resulting in a paler coloration of tissue at the site and little to no bleeding.
I think it might be blanching. sm
Subject: I think it might be blanching. sm
When you press on the skin, it changes color. I have an ED doc who says that about every patient he sees when he does the Integumentary part of the PX.
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