Long red dots on the calves may be caused by folliculitis, perifollicular keratosis, eczema and other diseases, which can be treated by general treatment, medication and other ways.
1. Folliculitis: folliculitis patients with long red dots on the calves need to do a good job of cleaning the skin. When caused by bacterial infection, you can take oral cefixime tablets, apply fusidic acid ointment and other drugs to control the infection. Fungal infections can be treated with oral itraconazole capsules and econazole cream.
2. Keratosis Pilaris: When patients with keratosis pilaris have red dots on their lower legs, they need to keep the skin moist and avoid excessive dryness. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply urea cream, salicylic acid ointment and other drugs to treat, serious cases can also be oral treatment of drugs such as avitamin A.
3. Eczema: long red dots on the calf may also be related to eczema, patients can apply compound dexamethasone cream, Dinaid cream and other glucocorticoids anti-inflammatory, local oozing, you can use boric acid solution, berberine hydrochloride solution for wet compresses.
There are more causes of red dots on the calves, so patients are advised to be admitted to the hospital for examination and standardized treatment under the guidance of physicians.