• Brush tongue surface 10–15 times with dentifrice after meals
and at bedtime to remove debris that causes halitosis. • Topical therapy: dilute H 2
O2(1 part 3% H2O2:1 part HO); brush tongue after meals and at bedtime for black hairy tongue
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease • Fluids
• Analgesia • Recovery expected quicklyand at bedtime to remove debris that causes halitosis. • Topical therapy: dilute H 2
O2(1 part 3% H2O2:1 part HO); brush tongue after meals and at bedtime for black hairy tongue
Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease • Fluids
Herpangina • Fluids • Analgesia • Recovery expected quickly
Herpes Zoster • Topical therapy
• Calamine lotion for wet, oozing cutaneous lesions • Doxepin (Zonalon) cream for pain relief of acute lesions
• Systemic therapy • Acyclovir 400 mg tablets #100; 2 tablets 5 times daily × 7–10 d • Famciclovir 500 mg tablets #21; 1 tablet 3 times daily × 7 d • Valacyclovir 500 mg tablets #42; 2 tablets 3 times daily × 7d
Impetigo • Topical therapy: mupirocin ointment applied twice daily • Systemic therapy
• Penicillin V potassium 250 mg tablets #40; 1 tablet 4 times daily × 10 d
• Erythromycin base 250 mg tablets #40; 1 tablet 4 times daily × 10 d
• Dicloxacillin 250 mg tablets #40; 1 tablet 4 times daily × 10 d