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    Gapping Earring Puncture Concept Map

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    A gapping earring puncture occurs when the skin around an earring hole stretches and enlarges over time due to factors like prolonged heavy earring wear, skin infections, or allergic reactions. Regular inspection for signs of infection and education on proper earring care can help prevent this condition. For patients with gapping punctures, surgery is often required where the enlarged skin is excised and the tract is removed before closing the defect.

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    Gapping Earring Puncture Concept Map

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    A gapping earring puncture occurs when the skin around an earring hole stretches and enlarges over time due to factors like prolonged heavy earring wear, skin infections, or allergic reactions. Regular inspection for signs of infection and education on proper earring care can help prevent this condition. For patients with gapping punctures, surgery is often required where the enlarged skin is excised and the tract is removed before closing the defect.

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    A gapping earring puncture occurs when the skin around an earring hole stretches and enlarges over time due to factors like prolonged heavy earring wear, skin infections, or allergic reactions. Regular inspection for signs of infection and education on proper earring care can help prevent this condition. For patients with gapping punctures, surgery is often required where the enlarged skin is excised and the tract is removed before closing the defect.

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    Gapping Earring Puncture Concept Map

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    Lance Acac
    A gapping earring puncture occurs when the skin around an earring hole stretches and enlarges over time due to factors like prolonged heavy earring wear, skin infections, or allergic reactions. Regular inspection for signs of infection and education on proper earring care can help prevent this condition. For patients with gapping punctures, surgery is often required where the enlarged skin is excised and the tract is removed before closing the defect.

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    Precipitating

    Factors

    Wearing one
    Predisposing or more
    Factors earrings on
    one ear
    Race or
    ethnicity (i.e. Wearing
    Africans) heavy pierced
    earring for a
    Gender long time
    (Females)
    Wearing
    earrings afer
    an infection

    Allergic
    reaction to
    material of
    earring
    A tear in the earring
    puncture occurs

    The puncture on the skin stretches


    and enlarge

    Prolonged use of heavy earrings


    cause skin elasticity/turgor to
    weaken over time

    Leading to gradual stretching and


    enlargement of earring puncture

    - Skin around earring


    puncture is stretched
    - Enlarged, stretched or
    1. Regularly inspect site for
    ripped earring puncture
    any signs of infection. (i.e. - Redness
    swelling, redness, purulent
    - Swelling 1. Acute Pain r/t infection Surgery
    discharge, fever, etc)
    2. Educate client on signs of 2. Impaired Skin Integrity r/t - The edges of the perforations
    infection and instruct in injury to ear lobule are exised on the lateral and
    seeking immediate care when medial surfaces of the earlobe.
    these arise. 3. Deficient Knowledge r/t
    - The entire tract is removed.
    3. Discuss with the patient the insufficient knowledge of
    importance of surgical Physical Examination Gapping earring puncture - The above two incisions are
    procedure to correct the resources joined.
    gapping earring puncture. 4. Risk for Bleeding related - Results in a much larger
    4. Provide comfort measures if
    the patient is in pain. to decreased platelet count defect that is closed separately
    5. Provide antihistamines as 5. Risk for Infection related on each surface.
    prescribed by physician if an
    allergic reaction is the cause. to surgical procedure - Antibiotic dressing is applied.
    6. Administer antibiotics as
    prescribed by physician.

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    Precipitating factors
    Diagnostic Tests
    Nursing Diagnoses
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    Nursing Management

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