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4. General nursing care:
¾ Try to avoid the irritant factors or substances
¾ Avoid the patient not scratch
¾ Antibiotic ointment may be applied if there is infection
¾ Avoid stress
¾ Encourage skin care daily and regularly
¾ Corticosteroid can be given to reduce inflammation
¾ Provide patient and family with psychological support
¾ Arrange following up
NB. Refer if not improved
7.7.2 Atopic Dermatitis
Allergic disorder of the skin but in this case the patient inherits or increased tendency of
getting sensitization to various antigen in his environment. This tendency is inherited as
received character most patients have immunologic abnormalities.
1. Signs and symptoms
¾ Itching, erythematosus, papulovesiculer lesion
¾ In severe case; exudates, crusting the lesion and elapse
¾ If can happen in, children, adolescent and adult
2. Treatment
¾ Keep the skin dry and clean
¾ Encourage daily bath
¾ Use or denary soap
¾ Avoid application of oil
¾ Wash with normal saline and potassium permanganate
¾ Application of corticosteroid ointment
¾ Teach the patient about the disease
¾ Refer it not improved
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