Lichen is a fairly common skin disease, which is characterized by damage and inflammation of certain areas of the skin. Treatment of lichen directly depends on the form of the disease. After all, in fact, there is a mass of a wide variety of infectious diseases, uniting under this term.
What is lichen?
Before you learn about how depriving is treated, you need to understand the causes and course of this disease. As already mentioned, there are many varieties of the disease that differ in some symptoms and, of course, pathogens. But some common features can still be identified:
- Lichen is an infectious skin disease of nature. As a rule, it is transmitted quite quickly from a sick person to a healthy one.
- The disease is accompanied by damage to certain areas of the skin, on which, as the disease develops, color changes, swelling, and redness appear.
- Lichen is almost always accompanied by itching, peeling and hair loss.
In any case, the treatment of depriving people requires a medical examination and appropriate recommendations.
Causes of the development of the disease
As already mentioned, in most cases, lichen is an infectious disease, although there is an exception, for example, lichen planus.
The most common cause of the disease is pathogenic fungal organisms. To date, many types of pathogenic fungi are known. There are microorganisms that can survive on the skin of both humans and animals. In such cases, lichen can be taken during contact with an infected animal.
There are also types of fungal organisms that are very specific and can only exist on human skin. Such a disease is transmitted only by contact with a sick person.
There are also quite rare fungi that a person can catch by contact with the ground.
In addition, lichen can be caused by viruses. These forms of the disease include pink and shingles. By the way, the likelihood of illness increases during a decrease in immune defense. There are such forms of viruses that can dwell in the body for a long time, causing repeated illnesses during a weakened immune system.
It should be understood that the treatment of lichen directly depends on the pathogen, the form and severity of the disease. And only a doctor can correctly diagnose the disease.
Diagnosis and treatment of lichen
In fact, the therapy process directly depends on the form of the disease and the nature of the pathogen. Only after examination, blood tests and other studies, the doctor will be able to make an accurate diagnosis and choose therapy.
For example, pink lichen practically does not require medical intervention - it passes by itself after a few weeks. It is only necessary to adhere to the rules of hygiene, to limit the time spent in the sun and temporarily abandon synthetic clothing.
In other cases, doctors prescribe the use of special antifungal drugs, immunomodulators, local ointments and antiseptic solutions. In the most severe cases (for example, with shingles), immediate hospitalization and constant monitoring by medical staff is required.
Deprivation treatment at home
Of course, traditional medicine has its own methods of therapy. For example, it is believed that lichen can be treated with cranberry juice. They need to carefully rub the affected areas of the skin. Repeat the procedure after each drying of the juice as often as possible.
Some people also recommend lubricating the affected skin with iodine or brilliant green.
In any case, depriving treatment is best entrusted to a doctor. After all, improper therapy can lead to future relapses, and some severe forms of the disease are dangerous for the state of the whole organism.