Friday 28 May 2010

Whitlow finger


Rough fingers are a difficult task to deal with.  fingers through your hair and neither can you eat something spicy, with bare hands. Peeling skin on fingers, has a tendency to get stuck in every fabric and in every strand, because of the dry skin. Moreover, peeling skin on fingers, is very sensitive too. But, there is a logic behind peeling skin on fingers. The skin, primarily, consists of layers, of which the outermost layer or the epidermis, is in a constant change.

Excessive perspiration is one of the reasons for peeling skin on fingers. hand gloves, makes your hands sweat, and prevents evaporation. As the sweat does not get evaporated, the salts in it, get accumulated on the skin, and this leads to peeling skin on fingers.
  • Another reason skin on fingers is, extremely dry skin. Some of us, inherently, have dry skin, and no matter remains dry. one of them, sure know, the disadvantages of dry skin. harsh soaps, hot water, incorrect moisturizers, constant exposure
  • Suffering from severe acne and are on medication, it tends to dry the skin. peeling skin on fingers, may be a result of reaction to the acne medication.
  •  common reason for peeling skin on fingers is dehydration. skin dry and makes skin devoid of moisture. As a result of this, the skin on the fingers begins to peel off.
  • Constant exposure to sun and sunburns, is a definite cause of peeling skin on fingers, as it leads to peeling sunburn skin. 
Treatment for Peeling Skin
  • best remedies for peeling skin are natural home remedies. Grate a cucumber and apply is all over the affected area. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes, till your skin absorbs it, then wash it off with warm water and a mild soap.
  • Extract some mint juice and apply it all over the affected area. Leave it on, overnight to get rid of the dryness. This remedy for peeling skin on fingers also works for eczema and dermatitis.

Herpetic whitlow treatment


Herpes Simplex Encephalitis:

simplex encephalitis or HSE refers to the herpes viral infection that affects the central nervous system. It is estimated to be the direct effect of HSV-1 infection and is commonly observed in adolescents 18 years of age above 50 years of age and seropositive patients who have a family medical history of orofacial herpes.
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Symptoms

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis or HSE results in general as well as focal cerebral dysfunction.
  • Fever.
  • Headache.
  • Behavioral changes like a show of confusion.
  • Seizure.
  • Papilledema.
  • Anorexia.
  • Muscle weakness on one side of body.
  • Cranial nerve deficits.
  • Increased protein in cerebrospinal fluid and lymphocytes in blood.
  • Temporal lobe swelling.
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Treatment

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis is characterized by the inflammation of the brain, a condition clinically referred to as encephalitis.  virus is known to effect people across the continents, irrespective of race, sex or previous clinical history. symptoms are quite like those associated with meningitis. condition does not surface with skin lesions, the virus is the herpes simplex. viral attack causes the neurons to be subjected to a hemorrhagic process, throughout the inferior frontal lobes and medial temporal. mechanisms of cellular damage are virus and immune mediated processes.