Is seborrheic dermatitis common

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My scalp is very oily. I have to wash my hair every other day at most. Otherwise, it's just like oil. I wash my hair so often that my scalp still itches these two days. I can feel small pimples on my scalp with my hand. It's very itchy. To see a doctor, the doctor said it was seborrheic dermatitis. Just took 2 days of medicine, obviously feel improved, let me share with you the experience of seborrheic dermatitis common.

Is seborrheic dermatitis common

Symptom 1: the dermatitis skin rash is an inflammatory papule or spot with the size of cap needle to soybean. The papule is light red. The papule can gradually expand or fuse with each other to form a plaque. The boundary is clear, and there is a slight red halo around.

Symptom 2: seborrheic dermatitis is the most common site of elbow, knee, scalp and limb extension, symmetrical distribution, rash type can be generalized. The surface of the papule is covered with many layers of silvery white scales. Scraping off the scales is like a cloud mother or as if scraping wax drops lightly, which is called wax drop phenomenon.

Symptom 3: wrinkles are common in armpit, groin, under breast and umbilical fossa, mostly in 30-50 years old, especially in obese middle-aged people. The lesions showed well-defined erythema with greasy scales, such as disseminated frictional erythema like fissures and swelling. Due to local sweating, it is easy to secondary infection, or improper treatment can make the development of skin lesions. When the genitals are involved in time, they can form round erythema, scales and skin exfoliation, presenting subacute eczema like or chronic lichenoid erythema, such as psoriasis like manifestations, without typical seborrheic dermatitis.

matters needing attention

Warm reminder: we should pay attention to the diet of patients with dermatitis should also have a basic understanding. Dermatitis is a highly recurrent skin disease, so we must pay attention to it in the treatment, so as not to cause dermatitis repeatedly. In addition, the treatment of dermatitis is recommended to the regular skin disease hospital, so as not to cause greater losses.