What are the clinical symptoms of different parts of folliculitis and how to treat them?

Folliculitis is a common skin disease in daily life, which belongs to an inflammatory reaction of hair follicles and is divided into infectious and non-infectious folliculitis. Folliculitis can occur in any hairy part of the body, and the most common parts are scalp, back, face, buttocks and thighs.

Infectious folliculitis can be caused by bacteria, fungi and viruses. The most common folliculitis in daily life is bacterial folliculitis, which is mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Folliculitis with acne as its manifestation is often closely related to Propionibacterium acne.

Etiology of folliculitis

Traditional Chinese medicine viewpoint:

① "Damp-heat toxin" accumulates in the human body, so that the toxins in the lungs cannot be discharged, resulting in "Damp-heat toxin".

2 weak constitution, easy to get cold, thus accumulating "heat poison".

(3) if you don't pay attention to hygiene, it is easy to catch "wind poison", that is, the condition is rapid and serious.

Clinical symptoms of different parts

Scalp folliculitis: This is an inflammatory reaction, and pyogenic cocci invade around hair follicles. Folliculitis is a complete red papule. Scalp folliculitis is a papular abscess of the head.

Facial folliculitis: Staphylococcus aureus invades facial folliculitis through sweat pores. Needle-tip-sized pustules can be seen on the skin, because several hair follicles around are infected by Staphylococcus aureus.

Chest folliculitis: mainly caused by irregular diet, drinking and spicy food. The most taboo of folliculitis is alcohol and spicy stimulation, which will cause the pathogen infection of folliculitis. At first, there were a few small pustules, which were surrounded by inflammatory blush and dried up. A small amount of pus will flow out after the pustule bursts, and the pustules will be scattered and not fused.

Back folliculitis: it is a common disease in dermatology. This is a bacterial skin disease, mainly because the skin is not cleaned, so there will be folliculitis on the back. There were a few small pustules at first, and the surrounding area was red and swollen. The pustule dried up, and a small amount of pus and blood flowed out after the pustule burst. Pustules don't fuse.

Hip folliculitis: mainly due to insufficient vitamin intake, due to unclean, scratching, decreased immunity and other reasons, it is easy to be infected by staphylococcus, resulting in pustulosis and erythematous papules, during which hair will pass through and there will be inflammatory blush around. Some patients will have yellow pus and a small amount of pus after pustule rupture due to scratching.

Treatment of folliculitis with traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of folliculitis is divided into damp-heat type and deficiency of both qi and yin type, and local treatment is also added. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment needs TCM doctors' dialectical prescriptions according to individual differences, including oral lotions, external lotions and Chinese patent medicines. And the overall effect is good.

In order to prevent folliculitis from spreading to others, infected places and hands need to be kept clean and avoid close contact with others. The infected area can be cleaned with warm water and antibacterial soap twice a day.