A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; furthermore:
- Inspection (viewing) of the skin, mucous membranes, and sclera (white part of the eye) [erythema (extensive redness of the skin), edema, blistering; if sunburned face: keratitis solaris (sun-related corneal inflammation), conjunctivitis (conjunctivitis]
- Skin cancer screening
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.