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==Secondary Prevention== | ==Secondary Prevention== | ||
Strict adherence to gluten free diet and dapsone, should improve the symptoms in few days. After tapering of dapsone, patient should be instructed to continue gluten free diet because it prevents the reappearance of symptoms and | Strict adherence to gluten free diet and dapsone, should improve the symptoms in few days of initiation of treatment. After tapering of dapsone, patient should be instructed to continue gluten free diet because it prevents the reappearance of symptoms and complications of celiac disease <ref>Cardones AR, Hall RP 3rd. Management of dermatitis herpetiformis. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2012 May;32(2):275-81, vi-vii. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2012.04.007. Epub 2012 Apr 18. PMID: 22560140.</ref>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Secondary Prevention
Strict adherence to gluten free diet and dapsone, should improve the symptoms in few days of initiation of treatment. After tapering of dapsone, patient should be instructed to continue gluten free diet because it prevents the reappearance of symptoms and complications of celiac disease [1].
References
- ↑ Cardones AR, Hall RP 3rd. Management of dermatitis herpetiformis. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2012 May;32(2):275-81, vi-vii. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2012.04.007. Epub 2012 Apr 18. PMID: 22560140.