Also known as acute eczema, spongiotic dermatitis actually is a skin-disease emerging due to contact with someone affected from edema and erythema. In simple words, spongiotic dermatitis occurs due to allergic reaction. In some cases spongiotic dermatitis occurs clinically as well causing itching, rash or inflammation. Identifiable by its dark-reddish bumpy-skin or vesicles(fluid filled cysts), spongiotic dermatitis is an allergic skin-disease causing inflammation and pain over the affected skin.
As a title reveals itself, exact significance of spongiotic dermatitis revolves only around allergic reaction affecting the skin badly. Spongiotic dermatitis can occur over any part of body depending upon the susceptibility of skin or vigorous impact of spongiotic dermatitis effect. Some of the specific parts of body, affected from spongiotic dermatitis, are hands, fingers, knee or legs, while the scalp remains unaffected of spoiling-effect of spongiotic dermatitis.
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An individual affected from spongiotic dermatitis experiences itching accompanied by inflammation or pain which is identified as rash on skin. As allergic reaction is the major cause of spongiotic dermatitis, allergy to foods, insect-bites and medicines cause the spongiotic dermatitis over the skin forcing the affected one to know how to get rid of unscrupulous effects of spongiotic dermatitis.
Small babies happen to be too vulnerable to spongiotic dermatitis as they contract such allergic disease much faster through their diapers. Though spongiotic dermatitis can affect men and women both, men are more susceptible to spongiotic dermatitis than women. According to medical research, spongiotic dermatitis affects the men three times more than women.
Signs Of spongiotic dermatitis
Appearing generally over abdomen, chest and buttock, the spongiotic dermatitis can be identified by its red color looking like rash. The chronic and exacerbated spongiotic dermatitis turn black in color requiring a quick remedial step. People suffering from spongiotic dermatitis should take a prompt action so as to prevent it from worsening off beyond. Exacerbated and critical spongiotic dermatitis appear either as vesicles(cysts with filled fluid) or bumpy red color skin causing a great itching and aching allover the affected parts of skin.
Treatment of spongiotic dermatitis
Affected one should immediately contact a doctor who will start his treatment by attempting to fathom a gravity of spongiotic dermatitis by giving a test of biopsy. Apart from giving a test of biopsy a doctor seeks to know whether the affected individual has contracted spongiotic dermatitis through any contact or parental genes.
Treatments of spongiotic dermatitis
Though anti-inflammatory medications like Prednisone usually are administered by the doctors, a few specific medicines can be recommended by only after examining the criticality of spongiotic dermatitis. However menthol lotions and high-powered corticosteroid are presecribed in order to help the patients have a relief from itching and inflammation of affected skin much faster.
Precaution
Pregnant women, affected from spongiotic dermatitis, should refrain from having any drug without consulting a gynecologist.
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My husband is currently diagnosed with spongiotic dermatits, he has it quite bad and
all over his body, he was prescribed with Aterax tablet and Dovate Cream, it does not
really help, is there any other solution for this allergy?
The aterax tablets is commonly used to treat many forms of herpes, and shingles.
oatmeal baths i have it bad i am new to it but i found oatmeal baths seems to help the itch very effectivly try and let me know waht you think my email is hozjanjeremy@yahoo.com.
My son’s seborrheic dermatitis which he had at about 1 month old turned into spongiotic dermatitis from excessive topical steroid use. His idiotic doctor thought that he just had classic eczema but with seborrheic dermatitis, steroids can result in dependency. We found out like 4 mos after continous use all over from neck down what was in the compound when we couldn’t withdrawal him from it. We have found a doctor in CA by the name of Dr. Marvin J. Rapport who has been really helpful. Every other doctor we’ve seen kept telling us to continue the steroids & that he was probably allergic to something. We tapered our son for 6 months noticing all kinds of side effects from the steroids. His eye lids were even swelling & inflaming from the topical steroids. Its been 2 months since we withdrew him & his eye lids haven’t swelled once since we withdrew. His flare-ups keep coming though. He’ll get a couple of days break here and there but we haven’t seen a great improvement yet. This rash has even spread into his scalp. I think it’s very painful & itchy, but he’s had it almost his whole life so I guess thats why he can tolerate it a little bit. Anyways we currently give him oatmeal baths every night along w/ benadryl before bedtime & moisturize his entire body with vaseline 4-5 times a day.
My second son had the same rash at 2-4 weeks of age & we simply used vaseline, kept him in loose clothing, & in a cool environment & his rash disappeared by time he was 5-6 months old.
Dr. Rapaport thinks it will take 6-12 months for the side effects to go away.
Hope this helps sincerely,
Jucole
This is so helpful. Thanks Jucole. I have been taking my child to my pediatrician for almost a year with the same diagnosis. I will be doing more research which by the way this is suppposed to be done by the pediatrician. I cant imaging why a so called “doctor” was not able to diagnose him. Jucole, I bet you are not taking your child to the same pediatrician, right?
Anyway once again thank you I will try my best to follow your advice and maybe pay a visit to Dr Rapport ( too bad he lives in CA)
Gina.
Hi Ann,
I have good news for you & husband.
im 55 yrs i have sufferd with dermatitis since age 24 tryed everying.
Doctors have been treating me with prenisalone seriod wich is making me sicker all though clear the rash, it will return after stoping medication. and worse.
I had a punch biopsy wich cofirmed cronic spngiotic deratitis. again was refered to an allerge specialist & skin specialist WRONG peopel to see.
My freind has the same disease and has seen a Dermatology Dr Hannes Gebauer in Fremantle w.a PH: {08}94306241
sponiotic dematitis is when the link are missing that jion the skin together wich leave you skin open to every thing. steroids are the one thing not to take.Dr hannes gave my friend a creem to aply all over ones a day 4/2wks 4/days it has gone & never returned.Im haveing a patch test to have same treatment He promist i will be healed. its realy simple. we are born with fulty skin. water heat soap sun aviod for now sponge wosh only. water is the worset
Abigail what is the name of the cream? My break outs are spreading very fast. Not sure how much longer I can live with this, Everything seems to burn my skin, sun, water , sweat, flouresent light, soft white light, even the light from tv and computer. I can’t find a doctor who has ever seen this, they told me they can’t do anymore for me after 3 rounds of steroids
my daugther has spongiotic dermatitis to the scalp she loosing most of her hair.the doc gave her triamcinolone cream will that help?