Treatment ichthyosis in Ein Bokek (Dead Sea)

Genetic skin disease, dermatosis, which is characterized by the formation of scales on the skin, similar to fish scales. The diagnosis of ichthyosis is usually made before the 3rd month of life, less often it occurs before the age of three. There is dryness and roughness of the skin, the formation of whitish or gray-black densely located scales, mucoid peeling of the palms. Dystrophic hair change, teeth and nail plates change, chronic conjunctivitis and retinitis often develop, myopia. High likelihood of detection of defects in the nervous, endocrine and other systems, in children with time can diagnose oligophrenia, spastic paralysis, polyneuropathy, anemia. Treatment includes taking vitamin complexes, nicotinic acid, lipotropic drugs, iron and calcium, plasma transfusions are indicated. Dermatologist may prescribe thyroid or insulin. In difficult cases, a course of hormone therapy is required. Patients with ichthyosis are recommended to hold baths with potassium permanganate, regular lubrication of the skin with a children's cream with vitamin A, salt and starch baths, UV irradiation, tallosoterapiya and heliotherapy, spa treatment with pelotherapy, sulfide and carbon dioxide baths.