Recently, someone asked "what medicine can treat head psoriasis",there are several friends recommended calcipotriol liniment and calcipotriol betamethasone gel, and some people recommended coal tar lotion. At the same time, some people suggested to try "compound ketoconazole" or "compound nitrate Miconazole", it is said that the effect is not bad.
After research, we found that these two drugs are mainly used to treat fungal skin diseases (tinea corporis, jock itch, tinea manus and pedis). However, psoriasis is not ringworm, so why are these drugs also effective for psoriasis?
After searching the product instructions on the Internet, it was found that these two drugs contain hormone components. For example, compound ketoconazole mainly contains two main components: ketoconazole and clobetasol propionate; Clomethasone ingredient. Judging from this, their curative effect on psoriasis is mainly due to the effect of hormones. In fact, similar drugs are not impossible to use, and some patients will be advised to use similar compound preparations when they seek medical treatment.
So, why use compound preparations?
It is mainly due to the anti-inflammatory effect of glucocorticoids and the adverse reaction of fungal infection, especially scalp psoriasis. Hormone application increases the pityrosporum folliculitis of the scalp, and those who suffer from psoriasis of hand and athlete's foot Patients are more likely to get ringworm through self-infection.
Studies in recent years have also found that fungi in skin ringworm can induce or aggravate psoriasis, forming a vicious circle. The application of compound preparations can prevent and treat these concomitant diseases at the same time, and block the vicious cycle of mutual influence of fungi, ringworm aggravating psoriasis and drug-induced fungal infection. In addition, some compound preparations also add drugs such as neomycin, camphor, sulfur, etc., so that these external drugs and glucocorticoids can play a synergistic therapeutic effect, and have the effect of antipruritic and antibacterial.