Acanthosis: treatment, photo

Acanthosis refers to politologicheskom syndrome, which is characterized by a process of coarsening of the skin at the site of the lesion. However, the skin thickens and the surface appears warty papillary growth. As a rule, the lesions of the skin presented in a specific brown-black color.

From the point of view of localization, acanthosis most often seen on the back of the neck. Also, found disease and large skin folds, armpits, in the centrifugal field, under the Breasts.

Symptoms or pathogenesis

The acanthosis practically no subjective symptoms. Only in rare cases acanthosis can occur by the growth of papillomas dirty color on the lips and oral mucosa. However, these cases are in cancer patients.

Another symptom is the absence of hair in areas of localization of acanthosis, the nail plate while pigmented, striated.

With regard to the pathogenesis of acanthosis, he is still not fully understood. Doctors are inclined to think that there is a connection between disease and insulin resistance. Acanthosis in this case acts as a consequence of the reaction of skin cells to elevated levels of insulin in the body.

Note that the patient with symptoms of acanthosis should be subjected to multiple screening cancer. This requirement is directly related to the fact that the manifestation of acanthosis may be symptoms of a malignant tumor. This refers to the early symptoms of the following types of cancer:

• Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Breast cancer

• That is, acanthosis develops together with issues that cause the child to defective development.

  The malignant form of acanthosis always manifested much more clearly. In this case acanthosis progresses faster. The malignant form of acanthosis in more than half of the cases are paraneoplastic process. Basically affects patients older than 40 years together with the accompanying cancer of internal organs.

  There is a third form of acanthosis, which is nonspecific, and therefore factored out. Talking about the manifestations of pseudogenes that are a consequence of disturbances in hormonal background of the patient.

  The problem in this case is triggered by the reception of endocrine drugs. It can be as oral contraceptives and corticosteroids, estrogens. In rare cases, this form of the disease may not develop because of hormonaldrugs. A vivid example is the overdose of nicotinic acid.

  Treatment

  Treatment of acanthosis can be written in four main areas:

  • Reaferon intramuscularly once during the day. Just recommended 10 injections. In addition, in the same capacity you can use Laferon, intron-A, interferon inductor neovir and Amiksin.
  • Definitely with injections go into the complex drugs restorative action. Vitamin complexes, phosphorus, iron, b vitamins, ascorbic acid.
  • Local treatment involves use of ointments and creams, powders, which in the basis contain anti-inflammatory and antiseptic.
  • The complex can be used and a 10% solution podofillina.

  In benign form of acanthosis may be prescribed hormonal agents, the estrogens, insulin, corticosteroids are sometimes antibiotics and neurotropic drugs.

  If skin can grow, shows the therapy of a destructive nature using liquid nitrogen.

  Topically you can use aniline dye, ointments with corticosteroids, powder. However, after puberty all the appearance of acanthosis either completely disappeared or been significantly reduced.

  If overweight and acanthosis, the patient was recommended to start to reduce weight using exercise, diet, fasting days.

  And it is necessary to conduct therapy of concomitant diseases that may develop on the background of acanthosis. To do this, and are constantly encouraged to be tested and undergo routine inspections.