2024-03-28 07:34:55
(ANSA) – FLORENCE, MARCH 27 – It is working in almost all cases treated so far, without significant side effects: it is the “new” treatment for scabies developed by the specialists of Aou Meyer, Irccs, led by Cesare Filippeschi , dermatologist, revisiting an ancient recipe based on sulfur derivatives in use since the early 1900s.
The preliminary results of the study, still ongoing, explains a note, have just been published in a letter to the editor in the prestigious International Journal of dermatology. In recent years, cases of scabies, a very contagious itchy disease caused by a mite that completes its entire life cycle in the human epidermis, have increased significantly, thanks to the resumption of international travel.
A certain resistance developed by the mite responsible for the disease is also not excluded. “Traditionally, permethrin is used to treat scabies, and in recent years oral ivermectin has been introduced as a second line: but our clinical experience has shown us that it was often no longer enough – says Doctor Filippeschi -. From here , in dialogue with colleagues from Bambino Gesù, in light of their decades of experience with the use of the molecule in an effective and safe way, the intuition was born to treat affected patients with a sulfur preparation at 17% concentration, however based on a ‘gentle vehicle’, an emollient and therefore non-irritating cream”. A new administration protocol has also been developed at Meyer: the cream is applied in the evening and then applied for three days, without washing, in order to create an occlusive sulfur ‘barrier’ and then the treatment is repeated. (strictly on the whole family and cohabitants), the following week. The results, Meyer underlines, are very encouraging: 22 patients were enrolled in the study, but those actually successfully treated with the new therapy are many more and at the Florentine pediatric hospital this has become the therapy of choice for scabies: “This discovery is arousing interest from other national and international centres. Furthermore, it is a galenic preparation which has a reduced cost compared to other therapies on the market”, adds Filippeschi. (HANDLE).
2024-03-28 07:34:55