A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing) of the skin
- First sign is usually the so-called mother plate, which often appears on the trunk; this is a good coin-sized, scaly, pinkish spot on the chest or back
- Small-spotted exanthema (rash) – aligns along the skin lines on the trunk, neck, or extremities near the body (rarely on the oral mucosa); the spots increase in size and bear a small-shaped scaling at the edge
- Inspection (viewing) of the skin
- Dermatological examination [due todifferential diagnoses:
- Eczema
- Pityriasis alba – common, non-contagious skin disease that occurs mainly in children. It manifests itself by dry, fine-scaly, light patches that appear mainly on the face, which leads to unpigmented foci
- Psoriasis]
- Health Check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
