Re: Granuloma Annulare (was: iodine/selenium; was: thyroid)

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Dear Vicki,

Your doctor is not familiar with granuloma annulare, but here is a website

of a dermatologist who specializes in light and laser therapy, who says that

it does respond to PUVA therapy ...

http://lightandlaser.com/various.htm

Granuloma annulare is most common in children in whom it appears as one or a

few round lesions often with a clear center. A much less common form occurs

in adults with usually flat and sometimes itchy lesions widely distributed

over many areas of the skin. This so-called disseminated granuloma annulare

is usually difficult to treat and, as a consequence, many treatments have

been used. Several studies have shown that it responds to an ultraviolet

light treatment called PUVA therapy and this treatment can produce long-term

remissions. Usually about 30 to 50 treatments are required to clear all

lesions but maintenance treatment is usually brief and relapse is uncommon.