With hydradenitis, dense nodules appear in the affected area, which gradually increase and become more and more painful. The danger of hidradenitis is purulent complications, which is fraught with the development of sepsis. Under the condition of timely, and most importantly, correct treatment of hidradenitis, such complications can be avoided.
Children and the elderly never experience hidradenitis. The fact is that apocrine sweat glands begin to function only during puberty, and in old age their activity ceases. Most often, women aged 16 to 55 become victims of hidradenitis. Often, the occurrence of hidradenitis provokes a hormonal imbalance in the climatic period or during puberty.
Causes and symptoms of hidradenitis:
The most common cause of this disease is Staphylococcus aureus. The pathogen enters the apocrine glands through their excretory ducts or through the lymphatic pathways through damage to the upper layer of the skin. Skin damage can occur from shaving, waxing, or scratching the skin.
The development of the inflammatory process in the apocrine gland is facilitated by the weakening of the protective functions of the body. Often hydradenitis is a consequence of endocrine diseases, chronic inflammatory processes, neglect of hygiene rules and a shift in the pH of sweat to the alkaline side.
Symptoms of hydradenitis:
- hard nodules on the skin;
- itching, soreness, swelling;
- malaise, fever.
The formed nodules gradually increase and may merge with each other. Over time, pain appears and begins to haunt a person constantly.
Peculiarities of treatment of hidradenitis
Hidradenitis can take a protracted or chronic relapsing course, in which case exacerbations can occur dozens of times. Most often this is a consequence of untimely or inadequate treatment. Israeli clinics provide high-quality treatment for such ailments, more details can be found on the MediClinic website.
At the initial stages of hydradenitis (3-5 days), half-alcohol wet-drying dressings are used. For the treatment of hidradenitis, it is contraindicated to use compresses – it will only speed up the festering. It is allowed to use only dry heat – terry towel heated with an iron, heating with a blue lamp, solar heating.
Diet. For a speedy recovery, patients with hidradenitis should adhere to a special diet. So, with this disease, it is not recommended to consume spicy foods, alcohol for three months, it is better to reduce the amount of sweets consumed.
To increase the body's defenses, you should include foods rich in iron and phosphorus in your diet. These include: citrus fruits, cabbage, carrots, apples, berries, walnuts, almonds, rose hips. Oral multivitamin preparations, tinctures of ginseng, psyllium juice or aloe can also be taken to strengthen immunity.
General therapy. Antibiotics are used to treat hidradenitis – erythromycin, doxycycline, etc. In case of relapses, immunostimulating treatment is prescribed, which is prescribed only according to the immunogram. If the staphylococcal nature of the disease is confirmed, specific immunotherapy is used for treatment: staphylococcal vaccine and staphylococcal gamma globulin.
Conservative therapy. In the stage of infiltration, hidradenitis is treated with conservative therapy. In the affected area around it, hair is removed, the skin over the infiltrate is treated with antiseptics.
Surgical treatment of hidradenitis. In case of repeated relapses, surgical intervention is performed. First, the purulent focus is opened and all inflamed tissue is excised. After the inflammatory processes subside, a complete removal of the skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue of the area affected by hydradenitis is carried out.
In the case of persistent, recurring hidradenitis, X-ray therapy is used, during which the sweat glands are destroyed.
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