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Acne - a chronic skin disease, which is caused by microscopic mites - Zheleznitsa Acne (Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis). This parasite has on the skin of many people, but they do not notice his presence. Symptoms appear only under certain conditions.
Factors that contribute to the development of demodicosis
The immune system of a healthy person, the carrier does not actively mites multiply. To developed symptoms Zheleznitsa amount must be more than three or four individuals found in six lashes. Such an increase in the number of parasites is possible under the influence of the following factors:
- The weakening of the human immune system. This occurs most often in chronic diseases of the liver, the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, colitis, cholecystitis) and endocrine disorders. Mental stress and regular consumption of alcohol also reduce the body's resistance to the action of mites. Sometimes demodekoz first recognized during pregnancy.
- Frequent use of ointments that include glucocorticoids (prednisolone, hydrocortisone). These drugs suppress the local immune response.
- Adverse household and professional conditions.
- Exposure to high temperatures and direct sunlight.
- Undergoing surgery on the eyeball.
Symptoms
Severity of the disease depends on the number of actively proliferating parasites, immune status, and type of skin
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human. At risk are women who have delicate skin on the face or loose and tends to redness.
The mite feeds on the dead epithelial hair follicles and sebaceous. So he lives in the brow, nasolabial folds, eyelids, chin and ear canal.
When demodicosis facial skin becomes pale or grayish tint, it becomes lumpy, greasy and shiny. It appears redness and rashes, enlarged pores visible. The patient feels itching sensation of "pins and needles" in the face, resulting in involuntary scratching.
Shapes
There are several forms of demodectic:
- Erythematous (rozatseapodobnaya). It manifests redness and rashes on the face of unit. This form must be distinguished from rosacea - vascular lesions in the area of the trigeminal nerve
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, Combined with the addition of the bacterial microflora.
- Pustular. On the face constantly arise pustules (pustules). This is the result of inflammation of the hair follicles.
- Papular. This form of demodectic mange is more common than others. His face is covered with spots of bright pink to dark red. Their size is typically less than two millimeters.
- Combined. It combines the features of these forms in various combinations.
Acne Eyes
When Zheleznitsa affect the hair follicles and the meibomian (sebaceous) glands edges of the eyelids, develops oftalmodemodekoz. It occurs in several different ways:
- Asymptomatic carriers of ticks;
- Erased demodekoz eyes when symptoms are not pronounced;
- Blefarokonyuktivt - inflammation of the edges of the eyelids and conjunctiva;
- Episcleritis - inflammation episclera (connective tissue located between the sclera and conjunctiva);
- Keratitis - inflammation of the cornea;
- Iridocyclitis - an inflammation of the iris and ciliary body.
Because peeling of skin between the lashes visible flakes or grayish brown. On the edges of the eyelids appear redness, mouth glands them expand, and when pressed will produce dense content, similar to the cream or honey. The skin between the lashes noticeable papillary education. Free edge of the eyelid may be covered with small pustules. Because of the disruption of the glands increased evaporation of the tear film, the thickness is reduced. This leads to the development of the syndrome of "dry eye."
During the day, in the corners of the eye builds up foam or mucous discharge. Often patients oftalmodemodekozom worried about itching, which is amplified by the heat. There is a sense of presence of a foreign body in the eye, tingling, burning and tearing.
The combination of demodectic with other diseases
Acne promotes other diseases of the skin and is often associated with them. Symptoms of simple acne
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, Dermatitis, rosacea with the defeat of mites become more pronounced.
Patients demodex in many cases trying to mechanically remove rashes, comb and injure them. But this only leads to the spread of the infection and the appearance of multiple abscesses.
Because of the appearance of such people often can not keep former way of life. Sometimes, on the background of developing psychosis and psychoneurosis.
Diagnostics
The diagnosis is made only after consulting a dermatologist and conduct laboratory diagnosis. To explore this scrapings from the affected areas of the skin, sebum, deleted eyelashes. The resulting material was placed on a glass slide, then it is poured kerosene, gasoline, glycerol
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or a caustic alkali solution and examined under a microscope. A week before such a study can not be applied to the patient any medication. It is also forbidden to wash during the day to take the material to study.
It is important not only to detect parasites, but also determine the number of ticks. If the patient has no symptoms of the disease and the number of Zheleznitsa not exceed the permissible values, the situation is regarded as the carrier. The patient is not in need of treatment.
If the diagnosis is confirmed, it will require long-term therapy. It must include the two most important points: the restoration of the body's immune defenses and destroy the mites. In some cases also need to change the nature of power. Only if such treatment can achieve long-term remission (disappearance of symptoms) demodectic mange. Recurrences usually occur due to the fact that the therapy is not performed in its entirety.