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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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How Can Intertrigo Be Treated?

WHAT TYPE OF MEDICATION CAN BE GIVEN FOR INTERTRIGO AREAS. I HAVE A RESIDENT WHO HAS AN AREA ON HER SACRUM, SHE HAS A CATHETER AND A COLOSTOMY. I AM USING AN ANTIFUNGAL CREAM-MICONAZOLE 2%, ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAS NOT SPREAD, IT IS NOT HEALING THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WOULD. WOULD AN ORAL MEDICATION HELP
Mon, 26 Feb 2018
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I had gone through your history and understood true concerns. By seeing your history colostomy was done. In this one end of the large intestine is out in the abdominal wall and catheter will be letting the stools in attached bag. Up to this medical history it was clear

Coming to complications of surgery, the most common complications of this surgery are bleeding and infection. Your resident was complicated with infection (intertrigo). The most important thing that we have to keep in mind is, the infection might be caused by fungus or bacteria or virus. So we have to check for exact cause by following things:
1. check for fever to rule out bacterial infection
2. complete blood culture
3. blood and urine culture test

Coming to treatment part:
1. avoid exposure to moisture, friction and exposure to sweat
2. using absorbent fabrics or body powders
3. antifungal drug in case of fungal infection and antibiotic in case of bacterial infection
4. if not relieved bycreams you can use oral drugs
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How Can Intertrigo Be Treated?

I had gone through your history and understood true concerns. By seeing your history colostomy was done. In this one end of the large intestine is out in the abdominal wall and catheter will be letting the stools in attached bag. Up to this medical history it was clear Coming to complications of surgery, the most common complications of this surgery are bleeding and infection. Your resident was complicated with infection (intertrigo). The most important thing that we have to keep in mind is, the infection might be caused by fungus or bacteria or virus. So we have to check for exact cause by following things: 1. check for fever to rule out bacterial infection 2. complete blood culture 3. blood and urine culture test Coming to treatment part: 1. avoid exposure to moisture, friction and exposure to sweat 2. using absorbent fabrics or body powders 3. antifungal drug in case of fungal infection and antibiotic in case of bacterial infection 4. if not relieved bycreams you can use oral drugs