Red versicolor: treatment, symptoms, photos

Lichen planus is a chronic disease that manifests itself on the skin of the inner surface of the forearm, ankle and wrist joints, mucous membranes, rarely only affects the nails.
Manifests itself as small bright pinkish-red nodules polygonal shapes with depressions at the center of the formation. Tend to cause severe itching.
Reasons why a red lichen, definitely never installed. Once again the opinions of scholars are divided. Someone considers that they appear on the nerves, others that it is a viral disease, and still others rely on the toxicity of this lichen.

Depending on symptoms there are the following varieties:

• Bubble form

The variety is one of the rarest forms. Is the appearance of small blisters filled with clear fluid, less — fluid with the admixtures of blood. The location of this form are depriving the foot or the tibia. Can occur without slaves reasons, and on the background of the plaques, patches, nodules, itching, etc.

• Donut

This form has the same name and happens when lichen planus and lesions begin to grow rapidly, at the same time Saiva in the middle. The result is a ringworm in the form of a ring. Also common forms of garlands, arcs, semicircle. Most common red ringworm in humans, masculine, mainly on the genitals. Its a ring form similar to the signs of syphilitic papules, which leads to incorrect diagnosis and further treatment.

• Warty form

A less common form of this lichen. Expressed in the form of warty growths on the red plaques. Mainly located in the legs, in rare cases on other parts of the body. As a rule, is very itchy and difficult to treat.

• Sclerosing form

An extremely rare form of manifestations of lichen planus, can lead to skin atrophy, or, conversely, to the emergence of kaleidophone formations and development of the sclerosing.

• Atrophic form

This form of occurrence of lichen planus in the initial stage is no different from many other forms, but after the ringworm is, in its place are seal keratinized skin. Most of these seals can be found on bent limbs. The emergence of this form of depriving the hair of the head point leads to baldness.

• The pointed shape

This type of lichen planus is that when you lose hair follicles in their place appears a kind of thorn which sticks out noticeably above the skin level. More oftenjust affects the scalp. After healing on the head are small hollow-scars.

Lichen planus: symptoms

Among the symptoms of lichen planus highlight the most basic:

• Itching as foci and possibly throughout the body;

• The appearance of the characteristic rash, most often on the extremities but can also affect any area of the skin and even the mucous membrane of the oral cavity.

The localization of lichen planus

As a rule, red hair ringworm Patient prefers to be grouped in a small area and is localized in the following locations:

• The creases of the elbows.
• On the surfaces of forearms.
• Under the arms.
• On my stomach.
• On the hips.
• On the genitals.
• In the legs.
• On the lower back.

In most cases, rashes are accompanied with itching.
In the case of disease progression, new tumors can occur at all the scratches, fractures, bruises and other skin injuries. The diameter of these formations up to 1 inch or more. Surface rough, covered with scales. Over time, the color of plaque becomes brown or bluish-purple. After disappearance of the rash the skin remains pigmented areas brown. Half of the patients have damage to the mucous membranes.

Risk factors development of red lichen

• In the first place — is a Mature age. Mostly 40 to 60 years. Sick more often women than men.
• The predisposition is inherited.
• The presence of diabetes.
• Various injuries of the mucous membrane of the oral cavity.
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
• The transferred stress.

Lichen planus present on the mucosa:

• Bullous gipertroficescoy form.
• Erosive-ulcerative form.
• Exudative-hyperemic.

Lichen planus: treatment

• External treatment of lichen planus

  For itching use rubbing 70% alcohol with 1% concentration of chloral hydrate with subsequent use of glucocorticoid ointments.
  For destruction of individual nodes are used

  Red ringworm, treatment of folk remedies

  In fact, for the treatment of flat lichen folk remedies there are many traditional methods that can be applied at home. Let's look at some of them:

  • Sea-buckthorn oil. Moisten a folded several times a piece of gauze in sea buckthorn oil and apply it to the affected area of the skin for 30-60 minutes daily. You can also use the inside sea buckthorn oil. Need on an empty stomach every morning to drink a half tablespoon once a day.
  • Grated beets. Beet rubbed on a large grater, put on the affected arealeather and wrapped with a bandage. Once the poultice is dry, you need to replace it with a new one. Repeat until complete disappearance of the lichen.
  • Calendula. Very popular and useful plant in traditional medicine. Alcohol tincture of calendula can be purchased in a pharmacy, and if you want to cook at home. In 100 grams of alcohol, preferably 70%, add 10 grams of chopped calendula. The tincture should be allowed to stand for several hours and can be used as lotions and external wiping of the affected areas. You can also prepare the cream: 10 grams grinded into powder calendula mixed with 50 g of petroleum jelly, let stand.