Basic Biology of the Skin - Jones & Bartlett Learning

purple or a gray hue or deepening of the ethnic skin color. 2) Edema and induration –observed as slight swelling and firmness at the wound edge. If accompanied by warmth, may indicate infection; induration is a hardened mass or formation with defined edges. 3) Color changes: reddish skin tone –may reflect infection, blue or pallor ................
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