Demodecosis of the skin

The skin of a person is his protection, an indicator of age and health. Therefore, for her, as for the whole body, constant care is needed. And when a person observes a pathology of a dermatological nature, a specialist consultation is necessary. Sometimes, after conducting a microanalysis, a patient is diagnosed with a skin demodicosis. In this article, we will try to understand clearly where the disease comes from, how to stop it, and how to avoid it altogether.

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Causes of the demodectic skin

To prevent the onset and development of the disease, including the pathology under consideration, it is necessary to know and clearly imagine the causes of skin demodicosis. Only in this case there is confidence in the correct diagnosis and qualitative result of the treatment. And before you start to identify the source, you should analyze your life as closely as possible in the last couple of weeks, the way of life that the patient adhered to. This is the only way to find a certain factor that has become the impetus for the awakening of a demodex mite.

After all, this parasite lives asymptomatically in the body of most people. Such introspection will provide an opportunity for the victim, in parallel taking medical therapy, to eliminate the original source of pathology. Such a step will not only make the therapy more effective and productive, reducing the course time, but will further protect against relapse.

Risk factors

• The fall of the body's defenses in the fight against disease.
• Old age of the injured person.
• Diseases affecting the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Endocrine pathologies in the patient's anamnesis.
• Increased "love" for decorative cosmetics, especially if it is of poor quality, has an expired shelf life or in its composition there are certain active additives.
• Diseases of the nervous system.
• To provoke the development of demodicosis of the skin can be an incorrectly built regime and diet. To no good does not result in excessive enthusiasm for fast food dishes, love for fatty and spicy foods, preservation products, poor diet in terms of vegetables and fruits.
• Biological and chemical failure of the composition and structure of sebum.
• Harmfully affects the body, if a person spends a little time in the open air or does not practice regular airing the room, where he spends an overwhelming majority of the time.
• The presence of bad habits.
• Sedentary lifestyle.
• Liver pathology.
• Long-term stress.
• Problematic failure in the functioning of the sebaceous glands.
• Overheating of the body, for example, sunburn, visits to solariums, baths or saunas, prolonged exposure to sunlight can provoke the awakening and development of a demodekoz tick, because it is a "thermophilic microorganism". Mite notes this impact as a threat to his life, which triggers the mechanism of self-reproduction (reproduction).
• Not the least role in the activation of this disease is played by the environment, which does not differ in our man-made age with special purity. External influence adversely affects the body's immune forces, reducing their ability to protect the human body.
• Continuous use of antibiotics, the use of hormonal drugs.
• If you do not identify the primary source of the disease, and only carry out the treatment of symptoms, the doctor can not guarantee that the disease will not return. Mostly, this disease affects the fair sex, who are between the ages of 30 and 50.

Proceeding from the above, it is necessary to conclude that in order to start the mechanism of recovery, it is first of all necessary to settle the issue of nutrition, lifestyle and try to reduce the factor of the external environment, only after that one can talk about effective treatment.

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Symptoms of the demodectic skin

Demodex is a disease that accompanies many people, but in most cases it does not manifest itself in any way, leaking almost asymptomatically. At this phase of the pathology, medical intervention is not required.

But there is a comparison of the factors that serve as a stimulus to the awakening and further reproduction of this subcutaneous tick. This subrogation of remission by the progressive chronic condition of the disease requires immediate medical intervention. But in order to sound the alarm and call the dermatologist in time, it is necessary to know the symptoms of skin demodicosis and at the first appearance they should come to the reception to a specialist.

• The appearance of acne.
• The skin is taken hyperemic spots.
• Begin to differentiate pimples, in the case of a more neglected process in their place, the formation of abscesses is initiated, the size of which gradually increases.
• Skin pores become more visible.
• Slip and alopecia of eyelashes (or their loss).
• Puffiness of eyelids.
• The epidermis of the tick-borne region becomes unnaturally greasy, begins to shine.
• The nature of the skin relief loses its uniformity and smoothness.
• In the area of destruction of skin demodicosis, a small itch appears, which gradually shifts to growth and becomes unbearable.
• Changing and shade of the skin. It becomes red - bardo or, on the contrary, earthy color.
• There may be a small swelling in the nose, and he himself changes the shade to an unhealthy red-blue color.
• The edge of the eyelids is covered with a pathological bloom.
• Eyes are very tired by the evening.

This is how the demodicosis of the skin manifests itself, and even some of these symptoms appear, without delay, to make an appointment with a dermatologist and undergo the necessary examination, and then complete treatment.

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Demodecosis of the skin of the face

Such a microscopic parasite lives in the epithelial layers of almost every human skin. The primary revenge of its localization is the proximity to the hair follicles or sebaceous glands, with which the skin of the face is especially stained. Demodekozny mite can be in anabiosis all his life and a person can not even guess about his presence in his body. However, there is a certain confluence of factors, which "wakes up" the microorganism. He activates his vital activity, venturing into the skin, where he provokes the onset of the inflammatory process.

It is inflammation, with all its symptoms, and is diagnosed as demodicosis of the facial skin. This disease is unpleasant not only by the physical discomfort brought by this tick to the person in whose skin it lives, but also has an aesthetic, and on this background and psychological discomfort. Therefore, it can be said that demodicosis of the facial skin is a problem not only medical, but also cosmetological.

This mite causes the disease, which has the scientific name demodex brevis, hence the name of the disease. On the face this parasite more "likes" to show itself in the field of a chin and a forehead, less often on a nose. If the tick shows activation of its life cycles in the area of the nose or eyes - this may already indicate the neglect of the disease and a wide range of lesions.

The category of risk for demodicosis of the face is mostly women who have a light shade of skin. White skin is more sensitive to various pathologies and negative factors than the swarthy skin. So how dangerous is it to be near a sick person and is this disease transmitted? Medical workers state that the percentage of contact infections is insignificant. It is possible to obtain this parasite only with close contact with the sick person, and if the organism that undergoes infection has a low immune defense. In other cases, one should not worry, but preventive measures, if there is a sick person in the family, do not interfere. Healthy family members should take prophylactic spirits, using anti-diabetic medications.

Demodecosis of scalp

This disease caused by mites of the genus Demodex, mainly, affects the skin of the face, but it is not uncommon for cases when demodicosis of the scalp is ascertained. This localization of pathology can be associated with an excessive infatuation of a woman with hair dyeing. Hair dye is a combination of chemical compounds that negatively affect the scalp of a woman (or a man), especially if this paint is of poor quality, which leads to a decrease in immunity and the provocation of ticks to awakening. Although one of the sources cited above may be the cause of the pathology in question.

When demodicosis of the scalp may appear additional symptoms in the form of dandruff, flushing of the skin next to hair follicles, as well as minor swelling in the sebaceous glands. Predominantly the parasite is activated at night, which brings some discomfort during sleep and interferes with rest.

If there is a similar symptomatology, do not engage in self-diagnosis and self-medication. Such a step will allow the pathology to progress further, capturing more and more areas and aggravating the symptoms. Turning to a specialist, you will get qualified help, which will allow, in the implementation of all the doctor's recommendations, to get rid of the annoying problem in a short time.

Doctors noticed that the greatest number of cases occur during the period of spring-summer, when the human body is tired after a long winter, and its protective forces are reduced.

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Diagnostics of the demodectic skin

Primarily, the dermatologist is interested in the patient's complaints and conducts a visual examination of the patient. Already at this stage of diagnosis, a qualified doctor is able to ascertain the disease, but nevertheless, in order to be sure of the correctness of his decision, he conducts further diagnostics of skin demodicosis.

• The doctor is interested in anamnesis of the patient (presence of diseases of the digestive system, stressful situations, presence of occupational diseases).
• The patient is scraped from the epidermis area affected by the disease. The carried out researches allow to reveal the causative agent of a pathology - a demodex mite. Additional tests are not required, since a laboratory study of scraping gives a 100% reliable result.

This examination is not painful. It will not take long, but it will not allow the doctor to make a mistake in the diagnosis and, accordingly, in the treatment.

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Treatment of the demodectic skin

Primary therapy is designed to remove uncomfortable symptoms - it will take a little time. But if the patient wants to protect himself from relapses of this disease, then the therapy will be more effective, affecting the primary source. Such therapeutic therapy is a long time. But this approach gives more guarantees for the future of the patient.

Treatment of demodectic skin is a four-month "antiparasitic therapy". This program implies the impact on the entire body of the patient, without giving the parasite any chance of a revival. The advantage of this method is that parallel treatment of many concomitant diseases is carried out.

But the patient must first correct his lifestyle.

• The patient needs to drink plenty of water. Calculation of fluid taken during the day, determined on the basis of the equality of 30 ml per one kilogram of the weight of the patient.
• The patient should abandon bad habits (alcoholic beverages, nicotine).
• Minimize the exposure of the skin to direct sunlight.
• For the duration of treatment, you must stop using cosmetics.
• Correct your diet, based on the recommendations of a nutritionist or dermatologist.
• It is worth using only disposable towels and napkins.
• Do not neglect the rules of personal hygiene. This approach allows you to avoid repeated self-infection with a tick.
• Not the last place in the treatment of the disease is the condition of bed linen and bedding on which the patient is sleeping. The feather in the pillow should be replaced with a synthetic filler. This pillow will be easier to sterilize. It is recommended to change the pillowcase every day, by stretching. After drying, it must be ironed on both sides.

Against the backdrop of such physiologically-regime measures, the patient undergoes medical treatment.

The doctor can prescribe herbal medicine chitosan. This aminosaccharide, which is produced on the basis of the shells of crustaceans, affects the skin of the patient as a strong detoxifier, which also possesses hypocholesterolemic characteristics.

In a tablet form, the drug chitosan is prescribed for adults and teenagers who have already reached the age of 12 in a dosage of three to four tablets twice a day. As a rule, the duration of the treatment course is a month. If necessary, it can be repeated, withstood a short pause.

In capsules, this drug is prescribed for internal use, but from the contents of the capsule it is possible to prepare an effective ointment that is applied overnight to the affected area, in the morning, its residues are washed off with warm water. To obtain a scrub, the content of the capsule is diluted with a small volume of warm water until a thick cream is obtained (the medicine must not be liquid otherwise it will spread). From above, in order not to smear and not to smudge the pillowcase, it is better to fix it with a gauze pad and adhesive plaster.

This drug is contraindicated for use in case of pregnancy of the patient, the time when a young mother feeds her baby with breast, as well as with individual intolerance of the constituents of the medicine by the patient's body.

Apply this medication preferably on clean skin, previously treated with decoction of chamomile, calendula or chepredy. The same solution is recommended to remove the remnants of "lotion".

These activities are carried out until the moment when the pathological symptomatology does not disappear. The duration of therapy largely depends on the degree of epidermal damage to the disease and the general condition of the patient's body.

It is very important in case of a disease to prevent a severe degree of pathology, when the bumpy relief of the skin is visually well observed. In this situation, it will be hard enough to bring the skin to its primary state, and this defect can remain for the rest of life, or it will have to be connected to very expensive therapy.

In parallel with this patient it is necessary to treat the underlying disease that led to a decrease in the immune system.

Timely recourse to a specialist for help will capture the disease at an early age pathology. Effective treatment will not only stop the spread of the parasite, but it will also spend less time fighting it, while maintaining a healthy appearance of the skin.

Treatment of demodectic skin

If a person is diagnosed with skin dermatosis, then he has a legitimate question, how quickly to solve this problem? It is worth noting that the treatment should appoint only a dermatologist! Otherwise, the patient can bring himself even more harm and more serious complications, which will be difficult to regress even to a qualified physician.

Treatment of demodectic skin of the face includes a complex of diverse medicines.

• Antiparasitic drugs are prescribed. It can be tinidazole, metronidazole or trichopolum.

The antiprotozoal, antibacterial agent metronidazole in tablets is prescribed by the dermatologist parenterally at the time of food intake or immediately afterwards. Adult patients and adolescents who are 13 years of age are given a dose of 0.25 g, which corresponds to one tablet that is applied three times a day for eight to ten days. Children from two to 12 years, the dosage is calculated by taking 35 to 50 mg per kilogram of body weight of a small patient, divided into three doses. The duration of the treatment course is from eight to ten days.

In especially severe cases, intravenous administration of a solution of metronidazole in the amount of 0.5 g is possible. The injection rate is small - about 5 ml per minute.

The drug is contraindicated in the case of an individual drug intolerance, if a history of the patient is diagnosed with leukopenia, with liver dysfunction, propensity to epileptic seizures, CNS damage of organic genesis, and if the woman has the first trimester of pregnancy or lactation.

• Necessarily in the treatment of demodectic skin of the face include drugs that increase the patient's immune status. It can be such medicines as tincture of Echinacea, apilac, kagocel, imudon, prodigiozan, glutoxim, myelopid, timogen, isoprinosine, recormon, groprinosin, imunorix, thymalin and many others.

The drug isoprinosine is recommended to enter the body after eating with a small amount of liquid.

The daily dose of the drug is calculated as 50 mg per kilogram of weight for an adult patient or children older than two years divorced by three to four doses. On average, it is six to eight tablets per day for adults and half a tablet for 5 kg of weight for babies. In case of severe disease, the dosage of the drug can be doubled to 100 mg per kilogram of the patient's daily weight.

The duration of the treatment course is from five days to two weeks.

This drug is contraindicated in case of urolithiasis in the patient, with chronic renal dysfunction, gout, malfunction in the heart rhythm, as well as children up to the age of three, whose body weight has not reached 15 - 20 kg.

• Also prescribed are medications designed to normalize the digestive system. These include drugs that normalize intestinal peristalsis: super column of clen, enteroleptin, calcium alginate, fucoxane and many other drugs.

Nutrikon can take 40 - 60 g per day, divided into three doses. This corresponds to one to two teaspoons of the drug. To achieve maximum effectiveness, probiotics are connected, for example, pentibion, taken by the patient one capsule in the morning and evening in conjunction with food.

Contraindication to the use of the last two drugs is the individual intolerance of the component constituents of the drug.

• In the form of a local antiseptic, yellow mercury ointment, ichthyol or sulfuric ointment is often used.

Ichthyol ointment is applied a thin layer on the affected area, without trituration. Top the gauze swab and fix it with adhesive plaster. This procedure is done two to three times a day. The duration of therapy is determined by the treating doctor purely individually, depending on the patient's condition and severity of the pathology.

• If the demodicosis of the skin has passed to the chronic stage, and is distinguished by its neglect, the doctor can prescribe the patient electrophoresis. This procedure effectively reduces the activity of parasites.
• In parallel with the main treatment, after consulting with the attending physician in advance, it is possible to introduce therapies for alternative medicine.
  • Practice washing, applying for the purification of the epidermis tar soap, which has excellent antimicrobial, antiseptic and antifungal characteristics.
  • For washing, a decoction of such herbs as calendula, chamomile, oak bark will suit.
  • A good antiseptic is the aroma oil of tea tree, which wipes the skin.
  • If the lesion touched the eyelids, then it is possible to prepare such a composition: mix the contents of two capsules of Trichopolum with a small amount of Vaseline. This mixture of a mask to put before going to bed and leave for the night. In the morning, rinse the leftovers with warm water or a decoction of chamomile.
  • Instead of antiseptic broths, you can wipe the face with alcohol tinctures: calendula, eucalyptus, wormwood. Dimexide, one to five diluted with water, is also suitable.
  • Perfectly showed themselves and lotions of black currant berries: four tablespoons of the product pour half a liter of freshly boiled water and on a slow fire keep about ten minutes. It is necessary to wait until the liquid cools down, and, moistened in a decoction of gauze, apply to the affected area twice a day, holding up to 20 minutes.

When all the recommendations that the doctor prescribed in the treatment protocol are fulfilled, getting rid of demodectic skin will be quick enough. And having treated the underlying disease or eliminating another cause that triggered the development of pathology, you can protect your body in the future and from repeated manifestations of the disease.

How to moisturize the skin with demodicosis?

But in addition to treatment, you must not forget about the water balance of the skin. It is worth considering how to moisturize the skin with demodicosis? To minimize the effect on the epidermis demodekoznyh mites, you need to apply special moisturizing skin creams, as well as funds with sun protection characteristics.

Such remedies will not only soothe the skin irritated with the disease, remove unpleasant itching, but also moisturize the skin, protecting against drying, contamination and exfoliation. This is especially true for sensitive skin.

The modern pharmacological market also offers more specialized moisturizing creams, which are used precisely in the case of diagnosing skin demodicosis. For example, you can use a cream like Demodex Complex Kang. This drug was developed specifically, taking into account all the subtleties of the disease.

Not the last place in medical and preventive therapy is taken by means of protection from hard sunlight. This should be the norm for people with healthy skin, and for patients with skin demodicosis it is a "vital necessity". Studies have shown that the sun's rays occupy the first place in terms of the degree of impact on the human body, the consequence of which is a push, which became the trigger mechanism to awaken from the anabiosis of this parasite.

The main impact on the human body goes through ultraviolet and infrared rays, but not all sunscreens show comprehensive protection from both of them. To make the purchased cream bring benefits, when choosing it, it is worthwhile to focus on some parameters:

• SPF indicator should be at least 15 (with a hot summer heat it is better to choose this indicator 35 or even 40).
• The cream should have zinc or titanium dioxide in its composition.
• It is advisable to take a cream designed for sensitive skin.
• This drug is applied daily, especially in the summer, to the exposed areas of the skin, half an hour before exposure to scorching rays. During this time, he will have time to absorb and "include" barrier protection.
• It is advisable to renew the layer of cream every two hours. Especially if a person sweats profusely or swims.
• Well in this case, creams with the designation UVA / UVB are suitable. This suggests that this cosmetic product protects against both types of rays of the solar spectrum (infrared and ultraviolet).
• In a special heat, it is worthwhile to limit its presence under the sun from 10 am to 4 pm.

How to restore the skin after demodectic?

The course of treatment is over, the parasite is over, but how to restore the skin after demodectic treatment? So that a healthy appearance, freshness and youth returned to the skin? In this situation, the doctor - cosmetologist offers to use burdock oil. This gift of nature will not only activate the metabolic processes in the layers of the skin, restore its elasticity, but will also restore its previous healthy shade.

It is worthwhile to caution that during the recovery period, you should be very cautious about all physiotherapy. Women should revise their cosmetics, getting rid of low-quality and lost their shelf life.

Treatment should not be abandoned immediately after discomfort symptomatology has disappeared. In such a situation, there is a very high risk that the disease will return quickly enough.

Prevention

Any disease is much easier to prevent than to deal with its consequences. The disease considered in this article is not an exception. Prevention of demodicosis of the skin includes several points, the implementation of which will not bring a person great discomfort, but will save from many medical troubles.

• Do not forget about the rules of personal body hygiene and perform them daily.
• Frequent change of underwear and change of bed linen, which, after washing from both sides, ironed with a hot iron.
• Do not use the things of someone else's, especially if it's cosmetics, clothes or personal care items.
• Correct your food. The diet should be rich in minerals and vitamins, but remove from it follows "harmful foods".
• Moderate loads should alternate with effective rest.
• It is necessary to temper your body.
• Remove bad habits.
• Monitor your immunity.
• To lead a mobile way of life. If a person has a sedentary job, he should give up using vehicles and go to work on foot.
• Eliminate the use of creams on a fat basis.
• At the first signs of the disease, you should always seek help from a specialist, undergo the necessary examination and complete treatment.
• You can periodically carry out a preventive course of washing herbal decoctions (sage, calendula, yarrow, chamomile) or tar soap.
• It should dosage stay under the scorching rays of the sun, as well as in the bath and solarium.
• If skin demodicosis is diagnosed, it is worthwhile to refrain from all cosmetic procedures.

Forecast

If a person has strong health and strong immunity, then he should not particularly worry about the probability of the disease. But if it happened that due to the circumstances, the body is weakened, and the mechanism for the awakening and reproduction of demodekozny mites started, then do not despair - timely examination and treatment under the supervision of a dermatologist and a prognosis of demodicosis of the skin can be called favorable. Three months and the former patient will forget about the parasite that has delivered him.

If the body is somewhat weakened and the patient is diagnosed with a whole "bouquet of diseases," one should not despair. The process of remission will take longer, but if the patient adheres to all the recommendations of the attending physician, ultimately he will be able to completely defeat the disease.

The time interval through which it is possible to talk about a favorable prognosis for skin demodicosis largely depends on the timely application to the specialist, the patient's state of health at the time of treatment for examination and the thoroughness of the recommendations of the treating doctor performed by him.

Demodecosis of the skin is not a sentence for life. Fast, with the appearance of the first signs of pathology, an appeal to a dermatologist who will diagnose and prescribe adequate treatment, and will take very little time, the disease will recede, and the person will regain his former face: clean, with healthy and beautiful skin. One should only caution against self-diagnosis and self-treatment. Such experiments with their own appearance can lead to a deplorable result, which can not always be corrected by a highly qualified professional. Be more attentive to your body and a person with a healthy, young and supple skin will always look at you from the mirror!