Erythema Multiforme - Symptoms and Treatment of Erythema Multiforme

Erythemam multiforme is the skin problem which occurs as the reaction due to infection or medication and is discovered by Ferdinand von Hebra in 1866. In this disease a red rash is obtain on the skin which is the sequence of the spots. Sometimes they are purple in color.

Erythema multiforme mainly affects to palms, soles, and back of the hands. Sometimes it can spread in to trunk, face, and mouth or in some cases it may appear only in mouth. In some patient spots may occurs in both skin and lips. It also known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome. It associates with fever, muscle aches, and not feeling well. Erythemam multiforme can occurs in any type of age but mostly it occurs in children.

Causes of Erythema Multiforme

• Erythema multiforme is a cause of allergic reactions of medications, infections, or illness.
• Any type of injury to the blood vessels of the skin.
• It may be the cause of side effect of medication like sulfonamides, sulfonamides, amoxicillin, ampicillin.
• Different types of infections like parasitic, fungal, viral, bacterial.
• Use of cocaine is also the cause of erythema multiforme.
• Mothers vaginal secretions is another cause of erythema multiforme

What are the symptoms of Erythema Multiforme?

• Various types of spots are obtain on the skin they are circular and red in color.
• Fever, joint aches, headache, sore throat, cough, nausea are the commom symptoms of erythema multiforme.
• General ill feeling, itching of the skin, burning sensation in injured area.
• Different types of pains like eye pain, edema, and drainage and oral pain, breathing difficulty can occurs in erythema multiforme.

Erythema Multiforme Treatment

• Topical corticosteroids are used for treatment
• Oral antihistamines treatment is used to control itching.
• Use of hydrogen peroxide for mouth washing which helps to destroy the crust.
• Some patients applied cortisone directly to the infected area which helps in clearing the spots.
• Antiviral drug like acyclovir may be used to prevent from erythema multiforme.
• Topical anesthetic such as lidocaine , prednisone, cyclosporin are used to cure from mouth pain.