{"id":1258,"date":"2023-01-08T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1258"},"modified":"2023-01-17T18:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T23:40:18","slug":"physical-modalities-cantharadin","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/chapter\/physical-modalities-cantharadin\/","title":{"raw":"Physical Modalities: Cantharadin\u00a0\u00a0","rendered":"Physical Modalities: Cantharadin\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"raw":"<div>\r\n\r\nCantharidin is a topical substance derived from the blister beetle, and when applied acts as a vesicant and causes localized blistering of the skin. It is frequently used to treat molluscum, and occasionally for small, thin warts. This is a physician-applied treatment. A small drop is applied to the lesion using the wooden end of a cotton swab and allowed to dry completely.\u00a0 This is a painless procedure and is tolerated even by young children.\u00a0 The lesion should be washed with soap and water after 2-4 hours.\u00a0 Some patients develop large blisters and so only a few lesions should be treated initially.\u00a0 Retreatment can occur after 2-4 weeks.\u00a0 Warts can also be treated with cantharidin; however, ring warts can develop after such therapy.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cantharidin is a topical substance derived from the blister beetle, and when applied acts as a vesicant and causes localized blistering of the skin. It is frequently used to treat molluscum, and occasionally for small, thin warts. This is a physician-applied treatment. A small drop is applied to the lesion using the wooden end of a cotton swab and allowed to dry completely.\u00a0 This is a painless procedure and is tolerated even by young children.\u00a0 The lesion should be washed with soap and water after 2-4 hours.\u00a0 Some patients develop large blisters and so only a few lesions should be treated initially.\u00a0 Retreatment can occur after 2-4 weeks.\u00a0 Warts can also be treated with cantharidin; however, ring warts can develop after such therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1682,"menu_order":20,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1258","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1212,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1258\/revisions\/1509"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1212"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1258\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}