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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Photodermatitis
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Treatment, Medications, Local measures, Systemic measures, Outcome, Prognosis, Prevention, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: photosensitivity disorders.
Excerpt: | |  When the eruption is vesicular or weepy, treatment is similar to that of any acute dermatitis, using cooling and soothing wet dressing
Mid-potency to high-potency topical corticosteroids are of limited benefit in sunburn reactions but may help in polymorphous light eruption and photoallergic reactions Since the face is often involved, close monitoring for corticosteroid side effects is recommended |
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