Health Blog » Prednisolone http://healthyone.org A Unique Health Blog with Unique Content Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:09:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Acne: Severe Forms (The Other Four) http://healthyone.org/severe-forms-of-acne-the-other-four/ http://healthyone.org/severe-forms-of-acne-the-other-four/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:54:49 +0000 admin http://healthyone.org/?p=69 They are miscellaneous groups of diseases which coexist with acne .

(1) Acne excoriee: This usually occurs in females. Two types are there, first without any inflammatory lesion and the other with mild primary inflammatory acne lesions. This is usually seen in a female who ‘fiddle’ with the skin and exacerbate the small lesion. Contact dermatitis should be excluded. Patient commonly suffer from personality or psychological problem.

Treatment is with oral antibiotics like oxytetracycline 0.5 gm twice daily or with lymecycline once daily for several months. Topical ointments are of no use, they only irritate the skin and aggravate the situation. Advice should be given not to pick the spots, which is very useful. After treatment with oral antibiotics patient get fewer spots to “play” with.

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