Blistering Disorders

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Treatment

Localized areas can be treated with topical corticosteroids alone. With extensive disease, oral corticosteroids are used, sometimes with the addition of other immune-suppressing drugs. Some studies report successful treatment using the antibiotic tetracycline and the vitamin nicotinamide (niacinamide, a B complex vitamin).

Prognosis

Pemphigoid is often self-limiting and may resolve within months, or it may last years. ...Read the full article