Skin Health

Tinea Vermicular

Tinea vermicular is a disease that causes by fungi infection. This kind of fungi is available at about 90% of health people, but just few people can causes infection. This infection also can happen suddenly, often on rainy season and when the air humidity is very high.

Symptom:

• The symptom of these diseases can unseen or can’t be detected.
• There are many white spot on skin that is not good to see, sometime contain red pigment especially when hot air.
• Some people disturb because feel very itch after sweat.

Take Care:

• Give external medicine like sodium thiosulfate selenium sulfide, medicine of imidazole for fungi. This medicine is available in many form like lotion, cream and shampoo.
• On heavy cases and spread on all over the body, may need oral medicine. Sometime keep inside the skin even the medical treatment has finished.

Preventive:
Keep the skin clean with take a bath regularly, like twice a day. Don’t change over cloth with someone else.

Product Catalog:

1. Kalpanax produce by Kalbe Farma:

Contains: Salicylic acid 4%, benzoic acid 4%, total iodine 0.5%, surfactant 1% and etanol 76%, can use to lessen fungi infection on skin.

Uses: drop the medicine on cotton than nabs to the skin infected, do twice to third a day after take a bath. Don’t rubbed too hard, because can irritate the skin.

2. Selazul produce by Abbot:

Suspension form contains: Selenium sulfide 2.5%, can cure Tenia vermicular on skin.

Uses: nabs cream on skin infected, lets for about 10 minutes. Especially on the genital and on the folded skin, do this once a week for 7 days.

Prohibition:
Don’t hit an eye or other mucosa layer, don’t use on wounded skin. If use this medicine make irritation or inflammation, stop using and rinse with water until clean.

posted by Margi @ 11:03 PM