Although it is a self-limited illness, oral or intravenous antiviral treatments, particularly acyclovir, have been used in the management of immunocompromised or severely infected patients. It is usually given when the condition fails to improve on its own. Topical acyclovir has not been shown to be effective in management of<unk> . Famciclovir has been demonstrated to effectively treat and prevent recurrent episodes. Lancing or surgically debriding the lesion may make it worse by causing a superinfection or encephalitis.
Herpetic whitlow
Bovine papular stomatitis
Granuloma faciale
Farmyard pox
Sealpox
Tinea faciei
Demodicosis
Tinea capitis