HERPES ASSOCIATED-ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME (HAEM) IN YOUNG ADULT

Abstract

Background: Erythema multiforme is an acute and a self-limiting mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction triggered by infections and medications. The most common predisposing factors for erythema multiforme is infection with herpes simplex virus. Herpes associated erythema multiforme (HAEM) is an acute exudative dermatic and mucosal disease caused by the infecting herpes simplex virus. Most common ages is in childhood. Case and management: We report a case of recurrent herpes-associated erythema multiforme in a 23-year-old female patient, with crustae lesion in the lips and in pain. The patient had history of HSV infection. The patient had a fever and prodromal before the lesion emerge. And the cutaneous lesion was mistaken with the pimpleacne. Conclusions: Although the etiology of EM is still often unknown, infections with herpes simplex virus have been implicated as common predisposing a possible precipitating factor. This case illustrates the association of the occurrence of EM with a herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection and how to managed the lesion

Keywords

• Erythema multiforme, Herpes associated erythema multiforme, lips lesion, HSV infection