Inflammatory processes can be exposed to almost all tissues of a living organism, no exception is the epithelial glandular tissue of the exocrine glands. A variety of exocrine glands are the sweat glands bordering on the mass embryology of the body parts: armpits, groin, head. The inflammatory process in such glands is called hydradenitis, and the accumulations of sweat glands in these areas are the apocrine glands. Let's talk today about gidradenit under the arm, its causes, symptoms and treatment, consider photos and videos.
Features of the disease
Appearance
The popular name of hydradenitis in the armpit has long been dubbed "a breech" due to the analogy of the morphological trait. Dog's nipples resemble abscesses of the skin in the armpits. In addition to underarms, gidradenit is prone to develop in the groin, on the genitals( scrotum and large labia), in the place of the buttocks touching the anus, under the breast glands, on the scalp.
Acute inflammation, often accompanied by a purulent boil, occurs from adolescence and ends in the menopause. Girls and women are more likely to suffer from the disease for several reasons. One of them is the earlier puberty of girls.
Despite the true locus of localization in the apocrine glands under the armpits, the code of which begins with L 75, the disease is classified as a pathology in hair follicles, starting with L 73. This discrepancy is due to the peculiarities of the anatomical structure and functioning of the apocrine glands, the excretory ducts of which excrete the contents ina cavity of a hair bulb.
Many people are wondering if it's possible to sunbathe if under the arm is hydradenite? Solar baths, as well as quartz, ultraviolet irradiation, are physiotherapeutic tools for combating skin pathology. Many patients managed to heal hydradenitis at an early stage, sunbathing at the cottage with raised armpits.
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Age and Sexual Dependence
Axillary hydradenitis is not peculiar to the elderly, when the hormonal level is at a low level in comparison with people of mature age. During the period of hormonal outbreaks( adolescence, precursor of menopause, pregnancy, etc.), hydradenitis appears most often.
Pregnant women should be careful about the timely treatment of the disease, if one suddenly appears. Immune forces, working for 2 organisms, do not always cope with their task and, in the event of a pathology, are depleted even more. For these reasons, hydradenitis in a pregnant woman does not tolerate connivance. If the disease is in its early stages, a course of antibiotics is not prescribed so as not to harm the fetus.
With the development of purulent process in the progress of the disease, the course of antibiotic therapy is prescribed, in spite of possible harm for the unborn child. Otherwise, the purulent process for a fruiting woman can result in sepsis and death. The woman's malaise and other symptoms accompanying the pregnancy under the influence of hydradenitis are amplified, which affects the overall well-being of the woman. The cause of axillary hydradenitis in a fetal woman is either a cold or an exacerbation of herpes infection.
Classification and stages of
There are several forms of axillary hydradenitis:
- Acute purulent form. Pathology develops due to blockage of apocrine sweat and sebaceous glands. Among patients with this form of the disease are people who are poorly caring for axillary depressions. Hydradenitis in this form proceeds as a typical inflammation in the body: a low-grade fever, sometimes rising to a level of 38 degrees, malaise, discomfort, developing into pain in the armpits. A purulent form is a life-threatening patient if he does not seek treatment from a doctor.
- With sufficient care for the armpits, but not a neat shave, the tender skin of this area can be injured. Staphylococcal or other species of pathogenic microflora get into scratches and sores. nodular hydratenitis begins to form, striving to develop into a purulent if there is no treatment.
- Chronic hydratenitis is more often called a recurring form, which is characterized by a purulent process that takes a long time. The disease often manifests itself at certain intervals of time with an acute purulent phase. The area of the apocrine glands, affected by inflammation, is increasing. The absence of treatment of purulent processes is dangerous septic consequences with a threat to the life of the patient.
Like the inguinal hyderenitis, the axillary develops with the passage of the stages for 10 days. The first stage is observed in the formation of nodal formations of dense consistency.
- The palpation method manages to feel under the mouse multiple nodes, not accompanied by soreness when touched.
- Pains begin to progress rapidly, their presence "marks" the onset of the second stage.
- Nodes begin to visually increase, the overgrowth of their size is accompanied by a change in color. A characteristic shade for skin formations is red-blue.
- The mobility of the nodes also changes: from mobile under the skin in the first stage, they are welded to each other and the skin, forming one large abscess from the mass of small formations.
- The last, the third stage, passes with the formation of pus with a viscous consistency. Pus breaks out of the capsules outward, often it contains impurities of blood. Healing of wounds on the site of purulent capsules results in the formation of connective tissue in the form of a scar.
Causes of the disease
Infectious agent, which is the cause of the onset and development of inflammation in the apocrine glands - the colonial bacterium is staphylococcus aureus. The inflammatory process initiates careless shaving of the hair in the armpit, wounds in this area obtained by another route, poor care for easily irritating skin. In addition to staphylococci, cocci bacteria of colonial forms of other types become the cause of hydradenitis: streptococci, etc.
Pathogenic bacteria are found on the skin, can penetrate into the wounds, but not be in an active state. To activate their activities, one of the provoking factors is required:
- deviations of metabolic reactions in the body;
- propensity to profuse sweating;
- wearing pulling clothes;
- preference for synthetic fabrics in clothing;
- immunosuppression;
- poor skin care for axillary hollows;
- sharp hormonal changes in the body during labor, pregnancy, abnormalities in the secretion of steroid hormones, during the transition from the juvenile to the youth period, etc.
Clinical picture
The disease develops according to the symptoms indicated in the pathology stages. Common to all inflammatory processes is an increase in temperature, which in some cases fluctuates in the subfebrile range, but sometimes can rise to a value of 38 degrees. The rise in temperature is the beginning of a chain reaction of inflammation, when a feeling of fatigue, a twisting and pain in the head, and chills are expected following this symptom.
A characteristic feature of hydradenite, which allows it to differentiate it from other pathologies, is the absence of necrosis necks. In connection with a sufficient amount of subcutaneous fat in the hearth bordering the armpit, the inflammatory process can be transferred to the subcutaneous tissue, causing the disease - phlegmon. When lymph nodes are in the affected area, lymphadenitis can be detected.
The chronic form of hydradenitis often reveals pathological nodes of different stages of development.
Diagnosis
Purulent form of hydradenitis needs a laboratory analysis, since palpation and visual inspection can take the symptoms of the disease for boils or carbuncles. In the third and second stages of the disease, an error may not be excluded from a visual examination with suspicion of actinomycosis or scrofuloderm.
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Treatment
Therapeutic
Effective therapeutic procedures are:
- "dry heat", produced by a dry hot towel, heated iron. The procedure is carried out at least 3 times a day, applying a hot object to the formed nodes;
- heating for 5 minutes with a blue lamp. The procedure is carried out twice a day;
- heating of affected areas by sunlight until 10 am and after 17.00 half an hour.
The described types of heating prevent the development of purulent processes and prevent the spread of inflammation to the neighboring apocrine glands. Souls are taken, not allowing water to hit the affected area, sealing them with a bactericidal plaster.
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Medicated
- Acute hydradenitis is treated with triamcinolone with lidocaine, injecting them into the nodes.
- Chronic form requires the appointment of antibiotics, prednisone, isotretinoin.
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Operative
The method of operative treatment of axillary hydradenitis consists in the timely opening of purulent capsules and their cleaning. If necessary, the affected node and fistula is subjected to excision.
About the hydradenitis under the armpit and its treatment at home by folk remedies read below.
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Folk methods
In addition to the main treatment take the infusion mixture:
- cornflowers,
- chamomile,
- calendula,
- nettle.
Externally, an infusion of wormwood is applied with a paniculate.
Prevention of hydradenitis under the arm
The main measures to prevent hydraenitis:
- regular shower;
- use after shaving hair disinfectant solutions;
- wiping with a tampon lubricated in boron-camphor alcohol;
- fortifying measures to enhance immunity.
Complications of
Hazardous consequences occur only in the absence of treatment.
- A purulent process can develop into septicemia.
- Conglomeration of nodes into a single network means the onset of a chronic course of the disease.
Forecast
Complications of the disease can be prevented if there is no delay in the disease. Timely begun treatment procedures cure hydradenitis completely.
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