What's the matter with pityriasis rotundis?

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What's the matter with pityriasis rotundis? Pityriasis rotundiformis, also known as pityriasis circinata, is a round or oval brown or light brown mild keratotic scale spot with obvious boundary. It is easy to occur on the trunk and has mild symptoms. Now follow me to understand the cause and treatment of this disease.

What's the matter with pityriasis rotundis?

The specific cause of the disease is not clear. Traditional Chinese medicine is called "peach tinea", but it has nothing to do with peach blossom. It only occurs in the blooming season of peach blossom, and its skin lesions are quite like pieces of peach petals. Sunlight, malnutrition and vitamin deficiency may be the predisposing factors. In particular, the former, in the spring sunlight enhancement, people increase outdoor activities, dry skin or some specific constitution can suffer from this disease.

Common symptoms: clear boundary, no obvious inflammation, dry surface, covered with thin chaff like scales. The first onset is mostly in young adults, mostly in 20-40 years old, but also in young and elderly people. The skin rash was round or oval gray or light brown spots larger than or equal to the size of fingernail to palm, with clear boundary around, no obvious inflammation, dry surface, and covered with thin chaff like scales. Single or multiple, generally less than 10, but up to 150. Several lesions may fuse into petals or rings. The course of the disease is slow, often exists for several years to decades, usually spontaneously subsides, but can recur. The lesions mainly occurred in the waist and abdomen, rarely in the chest, back and buttocks, but not in the armpit, groin, face, hands and feet. Generally, there is no conscious symptom. The disease is severe in winter and mild in summer.

What diseases can pityriasis rotundis complicate? Pityriasis rosea is a common inflammatory skin disease. It often occurs in the trunk and the proximal extremities. The size and number of pityriasis rosea are variable. There are sugar like scales on it and itching consciously. It is self limited and usually lasts for 6-8 weeks. This disease is similar to "tinea rubra" recorded in the literature of traditional Chinese medicine. Pityriasis rosea is a self limiting disease, that is to say, it can be cured without treatment. It may be accompanied by general discomfort, headache, sore throat and other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection.

matters needing attention

Patients with pityriasis rosea lesions must do a good job of nursing, especially in the acute stage of pityriasis rosea taboo hot water washing and soap scrubbing. Strong stimulant drugs for external use are forbidden. Pay attention to children's mental status when they have a high fever: when they are infected with pityriasis rosea, the children's mental and physical strength are good, but if the children have poor mental or other conditions, they should go to the pediatric clinic to see if they have other diseases. Rational use of antipyretic drugs under the guidance of doctors: take antipyretic drugs prescribed by doctors when you have a high fever. The above is about the prevention of pityriasis rosea method, to pay attention to timely diagnosis and examination.