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Session Information
FOC U043
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Sports Dermatology: Allergies, Infections, and Trauma in Athletes
Subject:
Date:
Sunday, March 03
CME Credits:
1.00
Location:
Room B212/213
Time:
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Director:
Brian Burke Adams, MD, MPH, FAAD - Handout
Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:
- Identify and treat the most common skin infections in athletes
- Recognize the morphologic features and patterns that should raise suspicion for cutaneous allergic reactions in athletes
- Utilize basic science principles to treat and prevent sports-related traumatic skin conditions
Description:
An athlete’s skin continuously endures exposure to microbes, allergens, and trauma during sporting activities. The athletic venue, protective equipment, sporting implements, medications and even the sport itself induce and foster cutaneous reactions. This lecture reviews the epidemiology of various entities especially as they relate to specific sports. This lecture will enable participants to recognize the morphologic features and patterns that should raise suspicion for sports-related cutaneous infection, trauma, and allergy. A discussion of basic science principles responsible for traumatic skin abnormalities provide the framework that explains the optimal approach to diagnosis, therapy, and prevention for athletes.