Fungal folliculitis is suitable for treatment with antifungal drugs, fungal folliculitis usually refers to the folliculitis caused by fungal infections, need to cooperate with the doctor topical and oral antifungal drug treatment, such as ketoconazole, terbinafine and so on.
1. Topical creams: for folliculitis caused by fungal infections, and more commonly used drugs include ketoconazole, econazole, terbinafine cream, etc., through the role of antifungal, so as to alleviate the phenomenon of patients with localized folliculitis.
2. Oral drugs: fungal folliculitis patients, in the case of poor results in the external application, if necessary, can be added to the oral itraconazole, terbinafine medication, which enhances the effect of antifungal, improve the patient’s symptoms.
In addition, because fungal folliculitis is accompanied by obvious itching symptoms, the patient in scratching is easy to cause breakage, if necessary, also need to add oral cephalosporin, amoxicillin and other antibiotics anti-infective treatment to prevent secondary bacterial infection.
It is recommended that patients need to go to the hospital dermatology department, under the guidance of a professional doctor to develop a standardized treatment plan, follow the doctor’s instructions, do not blindly use their own medication.