Describe common skin lesions.

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Describe common skin lesions.

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Any change in the appearance of the skin when compared to the surrounding skin is considered a skin lesion. Skin lesions can be of two types namely primary skin lesion and secondary skin lesion.

Primary skin lesions are acquired during birth or are developed during a person's lifetime. An irritated primary skin lesion gives rise to a secondary skin lesion.

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