Photodermatosis: treatment, symptoms, photos of the disease

Solar dermatitis or what is also called the disease photodermatosis is a painful and acute allergic reaction of the skin to sunlight. The disease arises not only from direct sunlight but also from artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation.

The development of the disease is influenced both by the duration of exposure to sunlight on the skin, and certain moments of individual sensitivity of the skin. It is possible to determine that the most sensitive is the skin on the back, chest and abdomen, and less sensitive skin on the neck, thighs and shoulders. The minimum sensitivity shows skin on the soles, palms.

Important! Naturally, less pigmented skin is also more susceptible to photodermatosis, that is, people with white skin may hurt more often than people with dark color skin.

Causes of photodermatosis

In the human body accumulate and interact with each other various chemical substances that produce certain products. Accumulating in the upper layers of the skin, they are the main reasons ototoksicnami or photoallergic reaction to direct sunlight.

Define the reasons:

• Frequent use of cosmetics on skin care products that have high content of musk, sandalwood, bergamot.
• Contact of the skin with certain plants, or rather, with the juice of these plants.
• Frequent use of disinfectants that also fall on the skin.
• The intake of certain medications, primarily talking about immunosuppressants, antipsychotics, antibiotics.

Symptoms of photodermatosis

Symptoms of Allergy to sunlight can be considered the following manifestations:

• Skin begins to redden in place of UV exposure.
• Marked swelling of the skin.
• In place of pripuhanie clearly begins to feel itching.
• There is pain syndrome.

If the body increased sensitivity to sunlight, at the site of UV exposure can be bubbles, which after opening is left on the skin weeping, erosion region.

To symptoms General sense can be attributed to what happens after exposure to sunlight on the skin:

• Patient has fever.
• There is a headache.
• Observed dizziness and disturbance in spatial orientation.
• Nausea,

  The skin of the head is protected by headwear, and facial skin should be covered with a special fotogrammi or ointments for anti-allergic basis. Can be used to protect the skin and, accordingly, its treatment and egg white, which is damaged, exposedirradiation with ultraviolet light, grease, and then washed with sour milk.

  Treatment is chosen depending on how acute and severe is an allergic reaction. And can be used and lotions and ointments based on corticosteroids, what we wrote above.

  Indeed, since the primary objective was to reduce the susceptibility of the skin to photosensitivity, it is necessary to apply ointments and cream-based beta-carotene.

  In addition, the treatment is always obtained complex, which means that in addition to using ointments and creams the patient is prescribed a course of reception of vitamins A and E that are natural antioxidants.

  Important! Antioxidants can be found in various products in cosmetics. They are in green tea and grape seed, chamomile, Maritime pine bark in cornflower blue.

  If photodermatosis has led to sharp reactions on the skin formed bubbles and blisters, for their treatment and prevention necessary to use a different disinfectant means. First of all it concerns the moment when the blister is opened and the skin remains moist surface. Treating it with hydrogen peroxide, a solution of alcohol or a pink solution of manganese.

  Further land erosion draped antibacterial lotions, and after the affected area is no longer moist, to promote healing use antibacterial healing ointment.

  Prevention

  As prevention is always be performing a few basic rules:

  • The right attitude to food. A balanced diet is needed which will eliminate in the hottest period of time the most obvious allergens.
  • Hydration of the skin after a walk in the sun

    Often attacks photodermatosis related to the fact that the man just finished a course of antibiotics, and almost immediately goes to the sun. These points also need to be tracked and deleted, as the weakened body is extremely susceptible to allergies.

     

     

     

     

    
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