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How To Treat Skin Peeling, Pus/crusts With Blood Oozing After Using Cortisone?
Patient had a severe skin reaction - scalp to feet, from cortisone cream. Skin peeling, pus underneath, crusts with blood oozing. How do you treat the person. New skin forms, just to crust again and then peel off. Skin looks then like dried mud with blood oozing from cracks. Elderly man, has had repeated skin infections. Stay in the Tropics in East Africa. Diagnosed ? Steven Johnsons syndrome.
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Mon, 5 May 2014
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Hi,
I have gone through your query and it could be an autoimmune bullous disease like pemphigus foliaceous or a drug reaction like steven johnson syndrome. I would recommend you to go for a skin biopsy and blood examination if possible.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney, Dermatologist
I have gone through your query and it could be an autoimmune bullous disease like pemphigus foliaceous or a drug reaction like steven johnson syndrome. I would recommend you to go for a skin biopsy and blood examination if possible.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney, Dermatologist
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