What is the effective treatment for roseola?

Pityriasis rosea is common in young or middle-aged people. It is a viral infection problem, so the most important thing for patients is to focus on understanding effective treatment methods. Some anti-inflammatory and antipruritic drugs can be used, or physical therapy and ultraviolet radiation treatment can be adopted.

Pityriasis rosea is more common in young or middle-aged people, especially in spring and autumn. It is believed that it may be related to viral infection. But the virus has not been isolated yet. It has been reported that drugs such as arsenic, bismuth, metronidazole, and captopril can cause pityriasis rosea-like lesions. Other scholars believe that it is related to bacterial, fungal or parasitic infections.

1. The principles of local symptomatic treatment are to alleviate inflammation, relieve itching and protect. Avoid hot baths and soap during the acute phase. Avoid irritant medications. You can choose calamine lotion, 5% sulfur lotion or sulfur emulsion camphor cream, etc., and it can also be used in combination with corticosteroid emulsion. For stubborn and long-term patients, 5% black bean distilled oil corticosteroid emulsion can be used as appropriate.

2. For systemic treatment, antihistamines are taken orally. When inflammation is obvious, 10 ml of 0.25% procaine hydrochloride can be used for intravenous blockade, 10 ml of 10% sodium thiosulfate can be injected intravenously, or 100 μg of vitamin B12 can be injected intramuscularly, once a day. You can also try polyMycin 2 mg each time, injected intramuscularly, once every two or three days. In addition, human immunoglobulin or convalescent plasma injection may be used as appropriate. For patients with severe symptoms or prolonged course of illness, short-term use of glucocorticoids may be appropriate. Severe blistering cases can also be treated with dapsone.

3. Physical therapy: ultraviolet irradiation of erythema, use Ⅰ~Ⅱ degree erythema, once every 2~3 days, 10 times as a course of treatment, can shorten the course of disease, improve symptoms, used for acute inflammation or stubborn patients, it is forbidden for patients with obvious inflammation and exudation.