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Can Antibiotic Medication Improve Rashes And Itching Caused By Pityriasis On Skin?
Dear Sir,
Recurring rash without itching on hands trunk, shoulder back,some occassions on neck and left side near chin below chheck.On application of moituriser reducing leaving spots with little whiter than normal skin.Diagnosed as Pitriasis (PLC).Under antibiotic medication showing improvement.How to get it completely cured?This problem has been there for the last 4 years off and on.
Thank you
Mohan
Recurring rash without itching on hands trunk, shoulder back,some occassions on neck and left side near chin below chheck.On application of moituriser reducing leaving spots with little whiter than normal skin.Diagnosed as Pitriasis (PLC).Under antibiotic medication showing improvement.How to get it completely cured?This problem has been there for the last 4 years off and on.
Thank you
Mohan
Wed, 8 Jan 2014
Hi,
PLC is a self-limiting papulosquamous disease that may persist for years and is associated with a high relapse rate. The condition is totally benign. There is least complaints of itching,pain or burning. Sometimes it may vanish without treatment. Antibiotics like erythromycine or tetracycline might improve the disease. So, you continue to take antibiotics. Apply steroid cream on the lesions. I feel you might get relief. I hope you got my answer.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
PLC is a self-limiting papulosquamous disease that may persist for years and is associated with a high relapse rate. The condition is totally benign. There is least complaints of itching,pain or burning. Sometimes it may vanish without treatment. Antibiotics like erythromycine or tetracycline might improve the disease. So, you continue to take antibiotics. Apply steroid cream on the lesions. I feel you might get relief. I hope you got my answer.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
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