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Nodular erythema: pictures, causes and treatment

Nodular erythema is deep about the causes of the idiopathic form, there are still controversy regarding its viral origin. Consensus on this point.

However, a large number of different factors indicates that nodular erythema may refer to polietiologic disease. It is likely that at an early age, nodal erythema may be the consequence of reaction of the organism to tuberculosis. This is confirmed by studies which show simultaneous start of erythema and exacerbation of tuberculosis.

In older patients, nodular erythema is a consequence of chronic infectious diseases and intoxication. Especially the relationship between erythema and streptococcal infections, and in the first place it identifies numerous tests. In addition to testing, the relationship demonstrates the response of erythema for use in therapy antistreptococcal drugs.

Another reason may be the increased sensitivity to various drugs.

Symptoms of erythema nodosum

This disease occurs most often in children. While the percentage of girls get sick more often.

Before rashes begin to appear the first symptoms:

  • Pain in the joints;
  • Ailments;
  • Weakness;
  • Digestive disorders.

Dermatosis in a child can be divided into acute and chronic. The acute form is characterized by pain in the joints, fever.

On the skin in the region of the hip, shoulder, leg, spilling inflammatory sites. To the touch they seem to seal, and cause pain on palpation. Neoplasm several towers over the skin and over time begin to change color, turning brownish in color.

These symptoms lasted for 3-4 weeks and then totally disappear, and in their place are dark spots and areas of peeling that are the same will soon disappear.

But chronic erythema consists of several clinical types:

  • Migratory. Indicative long-term treatment and tendency to relapse;
  • Superficially infiltrative. Large size, pain, fever.

When the diagnosis of the disease pay attention to the total number of lesions, color and its changes in the course of the development of the disease.

A full diagnosis requires a erythema induratum of Bazin, and mandatory taksidermii. Erythema induratum of Bazin is under observation the whole time while shelocalized asymmetrical lesion. Is characterized by a flat tumors, which expressed severe pain.

In addition, if we compare our illness with toxicoderma, erythema is characterized by several indicators, including coloration, dynamics of development and change color, monomorphic nodes, pain in the rash plus the localization of the lesions.

Treatment of erythema nodosum

When tuberculosis infection in children in the first place to treat tuberculosis.

In older age the focus is on rheumatism, which represented the focal infection.

So, if there is no tuberculosis infection, the treatment involves use of antibiotics. The treatment is widely used chloride and calcium gluconate, reopirin, brufen, pirabutol.

Also, the doctor may prescribe aminocaproic acid, which will have to take one teaspoon 3 times a day. The course lasts for 12 days. Well-proven "Amen" in syrup. This drug is more suitable for children, and it is necessary to accept on a teaspoon 3 times a day. The course lasts for 10 days.

Also, "Amen" can be taken in pill form 2 per day.

In these difficult cases where there is no tuberculosis, but there is an acute inflammatory reaction, coupled with antibiotics of wide application are assigned to glucocorticoid hormones. It, prednisone, dexamethasone, urbason. In the course of treatment with the first signs of improvement in the condition of the patient the dosage should be reduced.

In addition, the doctor may prescribe anti-malarial drug that should be taken under the supervision of a doctor and with the constant analyses of the composition of the blood.

Definitely need to take vitamins common sense, and ascorbic acid, rutin, and vitamin Bi2.

Treatment involves bed rest, however, as a recommendation, and in severe form of erythema. As prevention, you can use diet and elimination of stress.