BLISTER DISEASE, (Pemphigus)

Categories: Diseases of The Skin

This is an acute or chronic skin disease in
which there are blisters of various sizes and shapes, and these usually

occur in crops.



Symptoms. The disease may attack any part of the body. The blisters range

from the size of a pea to a large egg. They contain at first a clear

fluid, which soon becomes cloudy and looks more or less like pus. They

last several days and then dry up. They do not rupture of themselves ery

often. It is not catching.



Causes. These are obscure and not understood. A low state of the system

is usually found.



PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Blister Disease. General treatment should be

given. Arsenic is the best remedy and can be given in the form of Fowler's

solution, five drops after meals at the beginning far an adult. This

should be increased until some poisonous symptoms, such as bloating in

the face is produced.



Elixir Quinine, Iron and Strychnine is good as a tonic, one teaspoonful

after meals. Regulate the diet, give nourishing and easily digested food.



Local Treatment. Puncture the blisters. Then put on a mild ointment like

vaselin; bran and starch baths can be given in some cases. The length of

the time of the disease is uncertain.