The two main types of topical medications for atopic dermatitis are glucocorticoids and calcineurin phosphatase inhibitors. Atopic dermatitis can be treated by topical drugs, but also through physical therapy, drug therapy and other ways to relieve the symptoms.
1. Glucocorticosteroids: Weak, medium and strong glucocorticosteroids can be selected according to the severity of the lesions and the part of the lesions, such as Denadyl ointment, hydrocortisone butyrate ointment, halometasone ointment and so on.
2. Calcium-modulated neural phosphatase inhibitors: there are mainly two kinds of tacrolimus ointment and pimecrolimus ointment, which can inhibit calcium-modulated neural phosphatase so as to achieve the anti-inflammatory effect.
In addition, atopic dermatitis is also treated by physical therapy, such as narrow spectrum medium wave ultraviolet light can be used to treat atopic dermatitis. It can also be treated with oral medications such as loratadine, glucocorticoids, montelukast, and others.