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Suggest Treatment For Grover's Disease
Question: treatment for grovers desease
Brief Answer:
There is no curative treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to HCM.
What is your present symptoms, has the diagnosis been confirmed. Which cream been prescribed.
There is no curative treatment for Grovers disease, but the following suggestions may be helpful.
Remain cool, as sweating may induce more itchy spots.
Apply a mild topical steroid such as hydrocortisone in a cool lotion. It can be applied frequently to the affected areas to relieve itching.
Moisturising creams or antipruritic lotions containing menthol and camphor may also help.
Calcipotriol cream has been reported to be of benefit.
A course of tetracycline or an oral antifungal medication such as itraconazole helps some patients.
Experimentally, oral retinoids such as acitretin or isotretinoin have been reported to be helpful.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
There is no curative treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to HCM.
What is your present symptoms, has the diagnosis been confirmed. Which cream been prescribed.
There is no curative treatment for Grovers disease, but the following suggestions may be helpful.
Remain cool, as sweating may induce more itchy spots.
Apply a mild topical steroid such as hydrocortisone in a cool lotion. It can be applied frequently to the affected areas to relieve itching.
Moisturising creams or antipruritic lotions containing menthol and camphor may also help.
Calcipotriol cream has been reported to be of benefit.
A course of tetracycline or an oral antifungal medication such as itraconazole helps some patients.
Experimentally, oral retinoids such as acitretin or isotretinoin have been reported to be helpful.
Hope this helps.
Take care.
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