Treatment Plan
Treatment Plan
Medical treatment:
- Permethrin cream or Malathion cream
- Hygiene measures
- Follow-up in 1 week to review symptoms
- Consider a GUM clinic referral
Prognosis
Complications:
- Extensive scratching leads to skin infections
- Excoriations
- Chronic changes: lichenification and hyperpigmentation
- Eye complications: blepharitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis