Follicular pustulosis

Introduction to hair follicle pustulosis Impetigofolliculitis, also known as Buckhart impetigo, is a superficial hair follic stomatitis that occurs in workers exposed to petroleum and asphalt. Scratching, insect bites and injuries may also be the cause. Occurs in the scalp and limbs, children see more in the head. People in the beard area and scalp are prone to invade deep hair follicles and become chronic. For those who are on the extremities of the extremities, there are many lower limbs. Conscious itching or itching, regardless of season and age. basic knowledge The proportion of illness: 0.02% Susceptible people: no special people Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: glomerulonephritis

Causes of hair follicle impetigo

Cause:

Mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection, followed by Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Pathogenesis

Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis infection, scratching, insect bites and injuries may also be the cause, the bacteria invade under the cornea-centered keratin, forming pustules, and there is considerable neutrophil infiltration.

Hair follicle impetigo prevention

Protect the skin, pay attention to clean and hygienic skin, actively treat pruritic skin diseases, pay attention to scratching, children should be isolated from the athletes to prevent contact with infection, and the children's clothing should be disinfected.

Hair follicle impetigo complications Complications glomerulonephritis

Can be complicated by glomerulonephritis.

Hair follicle pustulosis symptoms Common symptoms Itching fever pustule bullae (with purulent liquid) Red halo

Centered on the hair follicle, it is a yellow-white dome-shaped follicular pustule from miliary to soy. The center runs through the hair, and the surrounding inflammation is prominent. The rash often appears in batches. A few scattered or mostly aggregated, not integrated, can be self-contained within a few days. The more common, the more common in the scalp and limbs, children see more in the head, the beard area and scalp infection are easy to invade the deep hair follicles, turn chronic, especially in the extremities of the limbs, especially the lower limbs, consciously itching or itching, It has nothing to do with the season and age.

Examination of hair follicle impetigo

Neutrophils can be increased.

The pustules under the cornea are located at the opening of the hair follicle, and there is considerable neutrophil infiltration in the upper part of the hair follicle.

Diagnosis and identification of hair follicle impetigo

diagnosis

TCM pathogenesis and syndrome differentiation: acute onset, inflammatory redness around pustules, pus sputum after breaking, severe cases may be accompanied by fever, thirst, dry stool, yellow urine, red tongue, thin white or yellow fur, The pulse is slippery and the number is small. The syndrome differentiation belongs to the lungs and stomach, and the external sense is poisonous.

Differential diagnosis

1. Chickenpox has systemic symptoms such as fever, blister is small, the center of the blister can often be umbilical fossa, does not fuse, the rash is distributed to the heart, can invade the mucosa, often accompanied by conjunctivitis symptoms, popular in spring and winter.

2. Infectious eczema-like dermatitis is often secondary to chronic infections, skin purulent lesions, traumatic infections, etc., caused by eczema-like dermatitis around the lesions, lesions are pleomorphic, flushing, blisters, exudation, pustules and knots, etc., first increase in the lesions, and then gradually expand to the surrounding, there is no certain good hair, regardless of the season, age.

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