Any person can get sick without dependence from sex or age. It brings inconvenience, both in aesthetic and in physical terms.
But this ailment is being treated quickly and effectively today. You just need to be armed with information so that you can visit the doctor at the first symptoms and begin urgent treatment.
What are the types of lichens?
Modern medicine today distinguishes such types of depriving the body:
- pink lichen;
- ringworm;
- red flat lichen;
- shingles;
- tubal lichen;
- pityriasis lichen;
- deprive scrofulous, colored and multicolored.
In general, all kinds of skin deprivation are manifested by dark or light spots, itchy, flaky or not, and sometimes accompanied by fever, nausea.
Types and treatment of lichen
Lisha Zhibera or pink
This type of disease is manifested by peeling of the affected area of the skin with a distinct pink color. Pathology is also accompanied by fever, general malaise and even changes in the pulse. The peak of the disease falls on the season of autumn or spring, after suffering colds and people prone to allergies. The exact etiology is not clear, but pathology can be caused by the virus of the herpes group.
The patient with a diagnosis of Zhiber's diarrhea, the doctors recommend less contact with water, a hypoallergenic diet. Depending on the anamnesis, antibacterial, antihistamines, glucocorticoid ointments or other external agents are prescribed.
Shingles
This lichen is called chickenpox in common people, because it is a kind of herpes and is caused by the same Varicella-zoster virus as chicken pox. During illness, a person becomes infectious.
The onset of the manifestation of the disease occurs with an increase in body temperature, chills , headaches or nausea, then itching begins on a particular site, most often in the intercostal areas. And at this point, bubbles with transparent contents appear on the red background.
Treatment:
- antiviral drugs in tablets and ointments with acyclovir,
- antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs,
- for the removal of the itch to apply can antihistamines ,.
- in some cases, immunotherapy is necessary.
Peregrine lichen
The peculiarity of this type of lichen is manifested in the defeat of the upper layers of the skin in the form of colored peeling spots with a chronic nature of the course. The cause of the disease are the yeast fungus Malassassia or Pitirosporum. Under favorable conditions, the disease can be contagious. During the period of illness in a person there are no manifestations of intoxication or fever.
Treatment of pityriasis is mainly carried out with antimicrobial and antifungal agents, both in the form of tablets and ointments for external use.
Red flat lichen
Identify the exact cause of the disease doctors have not yet succeeded. However, it is considered the main cause of its occurrence - a violation of metabolic and metabolic processes in the body, as well as the work of the immune system. It appears lichen rash with a red, raspberry or purple hue of color, not even and shiny surface in the form of nodules, tubercles or even erosions and ulcers, and on the nails in the form of grooves or scallops. Treatment is carried out with the help of glucocorticosteroid anti-inflammatory, antihistamines and vitamins. B, as well as specific physiotherapy procedures.
Ringworm
This problem can arise due to infection with two types of fungus, such as Trichophytosis and Microsporia. It is possible to infect them, both from the person, and from an animal.
Characteristic of this form is depriving a pink rash on the skin, which has clear contours, white scales in the center and hair loss on the affected areas. In difficult cases, purulent abscesses may appear. The main drugs in the treatment of ringworm are antifungal agents for topical treatment and in tablet form.
Tubular lichen
Like many kinds of lichen, the tubular is caused by a fungus, such as Malasshesia, which can live for a long time in the sebaceous glands of a person without any manifestations. In general, its activation occurs during a period of decreased immunity or increased sweating. There is lichen in the form of non-judging peeling spots with uneven contours, which combine into a single spot of large size, pink, yellow or even brown. Treatment is carried out with the help of antifungal drugs for external use, as well as in injectable or tablet forms.