Effect of topical pumpkin, traditional medicine products,on the chronic hand eczema

The purpose of this study is checking of topical application of pumpkin ointment, products of traditional medicine on chronic hand eczema.The study is a double-blind clinical trial.Inclusion criteria: Interested in participating in the study; Age 18+; In patients with mild to moderate chronic hand eczema according to criteria HECSI. (Occupational dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis irritant); Non-use of oral corticosteroids during the last two months;Lack of local immunosupresor within four weeks prior to treatment; Lack of pregnancy and lactation; No history of contact dermatitis to prescription drugs; Lack of local infection; Having no obsessive and excessive washing with water and detergent; Absence of immunosuppressive disease exclusion criteria: History of allergy to drugs; Use of oral or topical corticosteroids during the 4 weeks before the study; Local infection at the site of the lesion eczema; Women during pregnancy or lactation; Patients with severe obsessive washing; Having a physical or mental disorders that interfere with participation in the study Patients are over 18 years old with mild to moderate chronic hand eczema among patients referred to the dermatology clinic of Imam Khomeini hospital.The sample size is 60 Person. Patients were randomly divided into four groups receiving pumpkin cream, emollient and corticosteroid (betamethasone 1 /.%) and put almond cream.They shuld use up to one gram of topical ointment on the lesion twice a day for a period of four weeks (28 days). At the first visit, the day fourteenth and twenty-eighth day after the beginning of each meeting HECSI and DLQI (in Farsi with a standardized questionnaire) will be reviewed.In addition, each session using a camera with specific characteristics The wound will be photographed.

Tehran University of Medical Sciences