Seborrheic dermatitis treatment

This is a dermatological disease. This dermatitis is a type of eczema. This disease often occurs between adults and newborns. The disease often occurs in areas rich in sebaceous glands, such as the head, around the body or around the buttocks. After suffering from seborrheic dermatitis, the patient will have some common symptoms in the affected area, including red papules, and if not treated, dark red patches will appear, which will cause slight itching. If the condition continues, it will develop into erythroderma.

For newborns and adults, although this disease is a skin disease, there is no need to worry too much. If a baby suffers from this disease, it can often heal itself, but adults need long-term treatment because skin diseases have the possibility of recurring. So let’s take a look at the relevant solutions.

1. General treatment

Live a regular life, get enough sleep, adjust your diet, eat more vegetables, limit high-fat and high-sugar foods, avoid drinking alcohol and spicy foods, and avoid excessive mental stress.

2. Topical medication

(1) Glucocorticoids are mainly used for skin lesions with severe inflammation. Medium- or high-potency glucocorticoid preparations can be applied externally, which have good therapeutic effects, but should not be used for a long time, especially on the face. Low-potency glucocorticoid preparations (such as hydrocortisone) are less effective and are suitable for infants and young children.

(2) Antibacterial drugs: 2% erythromycin ointment or gel, 5% metronidazole cream, or a cream containing 1% chloramphenicol and 0.1% dexamethasone.

(3) Selenium sulfide lotion has the effect of killing fungi and inhibiting bacterial growth. It can also reduce sebum secretion and the content of fatty acids in sebum.

(4) Zinc pyrithione shampoo The concentration of zinc pyrithione shampoo is 1% to 2%. In addition to being used on the scalp, it can also be used on other parts of the body, such as the face, brow arches, and trunk. Do not apply to eyelid margins to avoid eye irritation. Apply the medicine to the affected area, leave it on for 1 to 2 minutes, and then wash it off with clean water. Apply 1 to 2 times a day. When symptoms are under control, change to once a day, but you must persist in applying it to avoid recurrence. The shampoo has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of epidermal cells. In addition, it has a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect and can inhibit the growth of Pityrosporum ovale.

(5) Antifungal preparations Antifungal preparations, especially imidazole drugs, have good therapeutic effects. Shampoos or creams containing ketoconazole (2%), itraconazole, econazole, clotrimazole, miconazole, oxiconazole, isoconazole, or ciclopirox and terbinafine (1%) preparations are commonly used. In addition to antifungal effects, antifungal preparations also have multiple effects such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and inhibition of cell wall lipid formation.

(6) Sulfur and/or salicylic acid lotions and other sulfur and/or salicylic acid have antibacterial and anti-dandruff effects and have certain therapeutic effects on this disease, but they are not as effective as zinc pyrithione and selenium sulfide, and are highly irritating. Coal tar preparations have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antimitotic effects, but are colored, smelly and irritating, so they are usually only used on the scalp.

3. Internal medication

(1) Glucocorticoids such as prednisone are used to treat cases with large skin lesions and severe inflammation. The course of treatment is usually limited to 7 to 10 days and should not be too long.

(2) Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides are suitable for patients with obvious and large-scale inflammation. The effect will be better if combined with low-dose glucocorticoids.

(3) Antibiotics: Severe seborrheic dermatitis lesions are often accompanied by bacterial infection (mainly Staphylococcus aureus infection), sometimes even with pustules and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Appropriate use of antibiotics is beneficial, such as tetracycline or erythromycin.

The above is the treatment for this disease. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. In fact, skin diseases are indeed everywhere around us. If you are accidentally infected with bacteria, related symptoms will appear on your body. Therefore, you should not only take relevant disinfection measures at home, but also try to avoid touching other people's belongings in some public places to avoid being infected with some viruses.