Thursday, October 6, 2011
House Episode: Conditions and Treatments
1. Contact Dermatitis: The disease is caused by an allergic reaction that normally is shown by skin inflamation. The leading culprits of the disease are poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. The symptons of the disease are a pink or red rash in the skin that usually itches.
2. Churg-Strauss syndrome: The syndrome is caused by the abnormal clustering of certain white blood cells in the blood and tissue, inflamation of blood vessels and the development of inflamatory nodular lesions called granulomas. The symptoms are allergic angiitis, granulomatosis, allergic granulomatosis and vasculitis. Most of the patients with the syndrome have a history of allergies.
3. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: The causes of the disease are systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, and scleroderma. The symptoms of the disease are arthritic, cardiac, pulmonary and skin manifestations; kidney disease; muscle weakness, and dysfunction of the esophagus.
Treatments
1. The treatment for contact dermatitis are that a doctor may recommend a prescription corticosteroid cream and might prescribe an oral antihistamine to relieve severe itching and an antibiotic if a secondary infection develops.
2. Epinephrine is an injection used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions caused by insect bites, foods, medications, latex, and other causes. Epinephrine is in a class of medications called sympathomimetic agents. It works by relaxing the muscles in the airways and tightening the blood vessels.
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