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Treatment of hookworm infection includes administering mebendazole or albendazole, and providing an iron-rich diet or iron supplements to prevent or correct anemia.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Depending on the stage of the disease and its rate of progression, past treatment and results, the patient's age and overall clinical status, treatment facilities available, and other factors, treatment of MF may include topical, intralesional, or systemic corticosteroid therapy; phototherapy; methoxsalen photochemotherapy; radiation; topical, intralesional, or systemic treatment with mechlorethamine (nitrogen mustard); and other systemic chemotherapy.
Application of topical nitrogen mustard is the preferred treatment for inducing remission in pretumorous stages. Plaques may also be treated with sunlight and topical steroids.
Total body electron beam radiation, which is less toxic to internal organs than standard photon beam radiation, has induced remission in some patients with early stage MF.
Chemotherapy is employed primarily for patients with advanced MF; systemic treatment with chemotherapeutic agents (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, doxorubicin, bleomycin, etoposide, and steroids) and interferon-alfa produces transient regression.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Generally, treatment for scabies consists of application of a pediculicide — permethrin, lindane cream, or crotamiton — in a thin layer over the entire skin surface from the neck down. Lindane and permethrin are left on the skin for 8 to 12 hours. Crotamiton is applied nightly for 2 consecutive nights and washed off 24 hours after the second application. To make certain that all areas have been treated, this application should be repeated in approximately 1 week.
Lindane is an effective scabicide and when used properly may be applied safely to children, but shouldn’t be used in children younger than age 2 or pregnant or nursing mothers because of potential neurologic toxicity. It also shouldn’t be applied immediately after a shower. A 6% to 10% solution of sulfur in petrolatum may be used if patients object to using lindane, but they should be advised that sulfur is messy and odorous.
Persistent pruritus (due to mite sensitization or contact dermatitis) may develop from repeated use of pediculicides rather than from continued infection. An antipruritic emollient, topical steroid, or oral antihistamine can reduce itching; intralesional steroids may resolve erythematous nodules.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Treatment of scabies generally involves applying a pediculicide — permethrin cream or lindane lotion — in a thin layer over the entire skin surface. The pediculicide is left on for 8 to 12hours. To make certain that all areas have been treated, this application should be repeated in about 1 week.
Other treatments include crotamiton cream, y-benzene hexachloride, and benzyl benzoate. Widespread bacterial infections require a systemic antibiotic such as ivermectin.
Persistent pruritus (from mite sensitization or contact dermatitis) may develop from repeated use of a pediculicide rather than from continued infection. An antipruritic emollient or topical steroid can reduce itching; an intralesional steroid may resolve erythematous nodules.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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