Subcutaneous mite - demodikoz

Most people on the face and scalp dwells subcutaneous mite - Demodex, but they do not even realize, as the tick does not manifest itself. In some cases, demodex is a long flowing and difficult to treat disease - demodikoz. This is because that the development of the disease need not only the pathogen, but also a number of conditions.

Subcutaneous or demodex mite is a very small insect, which can be seen only under a microscope. Outwardly, this elongated shape tick up to 0, 3 mm, covered with a dense three-layer shell, or cuticle. Kill this "beast" is not easy: thick cuticle has no holes and protects the mite from the drugs.

Lives subcutaneous mite in the hair follicles of the scalp, eyelashes and eyebrows, in the ducts and sebaceous skin. It feeds obsolete cells and the time is not harmful. The disease it causes only under certain conditions: if the immune system is reduced or disrupted hormones. Changing the environment (mainly the chemical composition of sebum) leads to the fact that the mite begins to multiply rapidly, it is no longer sufficient to supply the old cells, and it goes into the deeper layers of the skin, causing inflammation there. This disease is called demodikoz.

How starts and proceeds demodikoz

The appearance demodicosis predispose a violation of the sebaceous glands and the change in the composition of sebum in the teen years, various skin disorders (eg, acne), reduced immunity of the skin (such as long-term use of hormonal ointments), large neuro-psychological burden and stress, pregnancy and other state, leading to a decrease in the body's defenses.

Demodikoz manifested by itching, scaling, and redness of the skin. For reddened, inflamed, scaly skin lesions appear as small reddened skin elevations (papules) and pustules (pustules). The presence of pustules says that joined bacterial infection. Demodikoz can also be combined with any other skin diseases and to masquerade as them, appearing like acne vulgaris or some systemic connective tissue diseases (such as lupus), and so on. With long-term course of the disease the skin becomes thick, covered with multi-colored crusts.

The disease has a long and hard (despite treatment) with a periodic decrease or increase (usually in the warmer months), cutaneous manifestations. In the age of demodikoz often associated with conjunctivitis.

As revealed demodikoz

Demodikoz be suspected when prolonged, stubborn, untreatable during any skin disease. Confirmed by laboratory diagnosis: in scrapings from the affected areas of skin found hypodermic tick. Material for laboratory studies is taken only when during the day on the skin does not cause any cosmetic products, and water (wash impossible). In addition, up to 10 days prior to taking the analysis can not treat demodicosis.

With long-term chronic disease sometimes examine a piece of affected skin (histological examination), in which case you can see the proliferation of the sebaceous glands, the destruction of the follicular cells and blood vessels to dilate.

In addition, a full examination of the patient is assigned to identify foci of infection and chronic diseases, which could lead to decreased immunity.

How to treat demodikoz

It is very difficult. Treat need the entire body, so treatment should be complex:

• Treatment of all identified chronic diseases (including skin), and sites of infection;
• restoring hormonal and immune system;
• proper nutrition with adequate protein (building blocks for immune cells), carbohydrates (energy), fats, vitamins Vitamins for everyone   and minerals (normalize metabolic processes); should be excluded from the food products that irritate the skin - all fried, fatty meats, spicy and sweet food, coffee and strong tea, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages;
• moderate exercise and maximum exposure to fresh air (strengthens the immune system);
• compliance with restrictive regime: it is impossible to walk in direct sunlight, during rain, snow, strong winds, use any thermal treatments in the form of baths and saunas;
• Medication: the destruction of demodex using, for example, Trichopolum (inward and outward in the form of ointments), sulfur ointments, and so on; strengthen blood vessels, removal of edema (also with the help of internal and external resources);
• physiotherapy, relieving inflammation in the skin.

To avoid infection demodikoz, you just need to look after their health and in time to treat any disease.

Galina Romanenko

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