Six cases of uremic pruritus treated with emollient and UVB.
- Author:
Kyung Jeh SUNG
;
Sung Bum KIM
;
Jee Ho CHOI
;
Jai Kyoung KOH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Emollient-phototherapy;
Uremic pruritus
- MeSH:
Humans;
Mineral Oil;
Phototherapy;
Pruritus*;
Renal Dialysis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1992;30(4):546-550
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Phototherapy with UVB has become a cornerstone in treating uremic pruritus. To investigate the additional benefit of emollient, we performed emollien-phototherapy in six uremic pruritus patients on hemodialysis, one of which was not responding with UVB only. After applying mineral oil over the whole body, UVB phototh.rapy was performed two to three times weekly. Improvement was noted within one to three treatments and after three to ten treatments, pruritus markedly or totally disappeared in al six patients. This result suggests that emollient-phototherapy is as effective as, or in some patients, more effective than phototherapy with UVB only in managing uemic pruritus.
