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close this bookStandard Treatment Guidelines (STG) and The National Essential Drug List for Tanzania (NEDLIT) (WHO; 1997; 210 pages)
View the documentFOREWORD
View the documentACKNOWLEDGMENTS
View the documentINTRODUCTION
close this folderStandard Treatment Guidelines (STG)
Open this folder and view contents1. GASTROINTESTINAL CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents2. RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Open this folder and view contents3. OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND CONTRACEPTION
Open this folder and view contents4. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Open this folder and view contents5. MALARIA
close this folder6. SKIN DISEASES
Open this folder and view contents6.1 Bacterial Phyzogenic Skin Infections
Open this folder and view contents6.2 SKIN FUNGAL INFECTIONS
Open this folder and view contents6.3 OTHER FUNGAL DISEASES
View the document6.4 Scabies
View the document6.5 Herpes Simplex
View the document6.6 Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
View the document6.7 Chicken Pox
close this folder6.8 OTHER SKIN DISEASES
View the document6.8.1 Allergic Contact Dermatitis
View the document6.8.2 Eczema
View the document6.8.3 Urticaria
View the document6.8.4 Psoriasis
View the document6.8.5 Pellagra
View the document6.8.6 Depigmented Skin
View the document6.8.7 Brucellosis (Undulant Fever)
View the document6.8.8 Lichen Planus
Open this folder and view contents7. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS / DISEASES (STD)
Open this folder and view contents8. DENTAL AND ORAL CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents9. GENITO-URINARY DISEASES: KIDNEY CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents10. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents11. EYE CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents12. TUBERCULOSIS AND LEPROSY
Open this folder and view contents13. MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS AND JOINT DISEASES
Open this folder and view contents14. METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents15. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents16. OTHER DISEASE CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents17. VIRAL INFECTIONS
Open this folder and view contents18. ALLERGIC REACTIONS
Open this folder and view contents19. NUTRITIONAL AND HAEMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents20. MALIGNANT DISEASE CONDITIONS
Open this folder and view contents21. INJURIES AND TRAUMA
View the document22. FOREIGN BODIES
View the document23. PAIN
View the document24. POISONING
View the document25. NORMAL LABORATORY VALUES
Open this folder and view contentsNATIONAL ESSENTIAL DRUG LIST
View the documentABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
 
6.8.8 Lichen Planus

Is a non-infectious, chronic skin disease which may be extremely itchy.

Clinical features: The rash is characteristically violaceous, shiny papules or plaques on the wrists, distal arms and sacral area. Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation is common. Patches of scaling baldness may develop on the scalp leading to permanent hair loss.

Treatment Guidelines

Chlorpheniramine (O) 4 mg 6 hourly

 

Betamethasone cream apply every 8-12 hours to remove scales and allay itching.

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