Seborrhea

Short characteristic of a disease

Seborrhea (seborrheal dermatitis) is the chronic disease of skin connected with sebaceous glands of the person, skin folds and a pilar part of the head. Now seborrhea was widely adopted enough, especially among representatives of a strong half there is mankind. The disease forces sebaceous glands to develop the increased quantity of a secret which contains too many fatty acids. As a result, seborrhea which treatment most often is required to young people aged from 25 up to 27 years leads to deformation of skin, a hair loss and other serious effects.

The disease can develop on an integument of any part of a body, but is greatest distribution defeat of a so-called T-shaped zone (the seborrhea on a face affecting a forehead, a nose and a chin) gained. Besides in a zone of risk there is also an area of a decollete, that is a breast and a back. Such localization is explained by the fact that on these parts of a body there is the most large number of sebaceous glands.

Seborrhea forms

In medicine it is accepted to allocate two a disease form:

• fat seborrhea – is shown in the increased greasiness of skin, constant feeling of an itch and a hair loss. Depending on intensity of process, there can be a situation at which the seborrhea of the scalp will lead to full baldness within only several years that is very unpleasant at youthful age. Besides, fat seborrhea causes change of an integument which gains grayish color and begins to remind the wrinkled orange-peel. Also at this form of a disease on skin black spots appear. Quite often this process is followed by formation of light yellow cysts – whiteheads.
• seborrhea dry is characterized by fragility of hair, emergence of dandruff and other defects of pilar sites of the head. In these parts our skin is especially sensitive to composition of water and effect of cosmetics therefore it is no wonder that seborrhea has an effect on pilar sites. Frequent washing strengthens negative effect of symptoms of a disease, in particular, promotes formation of black eels, tightness of skin and an unpleasant itch.

Seborrhea – disease symptoms

Both seborrhea dry, and a fat form of a disease bring to:

• the increased fat content of an integument;
• to skin peeling;
• to unpleasant itch;
• to hair loss.

In addition to above-mentioned signs the seborrhea of the scalp which treatment has to be carried out as soon as possible leads to formation of dandruff. Cell renewal happens at one and all people, but at seborrhea this activity proceeds many times quicker.

Seborrhea – treatment of a disease

If the diagnosis a seborrhea of the scalp is made to the person, treatment is similar to those procedures which we use for disposal of dandruff. The shampoos containing пиритион zinc, salicylic acid, tar, selenium sulfide and кетоконазол have the greatest efficiency. Consider only that at frequent use selenium sulfide promotes more hard work of sebaceous glands and can aggravate disease. Except cosmetics, the seborrhea of the scalp is treated by means of glucocorticosteroids.

At seborrhea it is necessary to keep to a rigid diet, to refuse fried, spicy, spicy and greasy food. Also exclude sweets from a diet, including chocolate. All these products promote production of fat and perniciously affect a condition of internals. The grain, fruit, vegetable dishes, salads dressed not with mayonnaise, and vegetable oil and dairy products have useful properties.

If at the person skin seborrhea was shown, treatment consists in recovery of normal functioning of vegetative and digestive systems. For this purpose to the patient appoint the medicines normalizing work of a digestive tract, polyvitamins, microelements (zinc, sulfur).

At early stages very good results are shown by topical treatment. Affected areas of skin process weak solutions of a calendula, salicylic or boric acid, a valerian. Greasings not only clear the surface of skin, but also prevent development of various inflammatory reactions. At the same time with alcohol-containing solutions it is recommended to use the peeling means. Vitamin and grass creams which part various antiseptic substances are are especially useful. Often to patients antifungal drugs are appointed, but in a case with seborrhea they act rather as the prophylactics preventing repeated emergence of a disease.