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Tirant22

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Severe contact dermatitis caused by poison ivy or poison oak exposure often requires treatment with:
 
  1. Topical antipruritics
  2. Oral corticosteroids for 2 to 3 weeks
  3. Thickly applied topical intermediate-dose corticosteroids
  4. Isolation of the patient to prevent spread of the dermatitis

Question 2

Appropriate initial treatment for psoriasis would be:
 
  1. An immunomodulator (Protopic or Elidel)
  2. Wet soaks with Burrow's or Domeboro solution
  3. Intermittent therapy with intermediate potency topical corticosteroids
  4. Anthralin (Drithocreme)


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Tirant22

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Reply #2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 24, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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