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Eczema (cont.)

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Once your health-care provider is sure you have atopic dermatitis, the mainstays of therapy are anti-inflammatory medications and relief from the itching.

Prescription-strength steroid cream and antihistamine medications are the usual treatments.

If your health-care provider determines that you have a secondary bacterial infection complicating your rash, an oral antibiotic may be prescribed.

For severe cases not responding to high-potency steroid cream, alternate treatments may be tried. These include coal tar, PUVA (psoralen + ultraviolet A light), and chemotherapeutic agents.

Allergy shots (immunotherapy) usually do not work in eczema.

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