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What are the common clinical patterns?
1. Damp heat
2. Blood heat with wind
3. Fire toxin
4. Miscellaneous
Which pattern?
*lower body more commonly affected
* exudation, erosion, yellow crusting
* well circumscribed, edematous, clear demarcation
* vesicular lesions, pompholyx thype
* ears, nipples, intertriginous, inner thigh, genitals
* erythema and erosion at base of the nail, reverse presentation
* yellow greasy or slippery tongue coating
* more likely to sweat, less prone to thirst
Damp heat
*upper body more commonly affected
* diffuse erythema of the face, chest, back, arms with dry scaling
* bloody excoriation and scabs, little tendency to form yellow crusting
* white dermographism, pallor, cold extremities
* urticarial lesions
* more intense itching (esp at night)
* red tongue tip or red prickles on the tongue. Red sides
Blood heat with wind
*tendency to form infx, erosion, exudation, pustules
* sudden rapid progress of eczema after a period of quiescence. Burning of skin
* severe itching, pain, vesicles, pompholyx type, red dry lesions of palms and soles, intensely red, well circumscribed, occasionally reverse presentation
* recalcitrant nature
*widespread eczema, exfoliative erythroderma
Fire toxin
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