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Suggest Treatment For Painful Rashes On The Arms

Posted on Tue, 14 Mar 2017

Question: ..Beau's sysmptoms started approx. 7 mons ago..
.On mostly the Backside his Arms, right above and below his elbows, he had Patches of Red, Irritated,Itchy, Burning skin...The Pain & Itch would wake him up at Night. Now..Directly on the joint of his elbow it is Burning, Itchy, SSwollen and Acutelly Protruding. This seems to be direclty realated to the skin irritation.
He is currently in county jail and so at the mercy of, LACK OF, health care. Another inmate says it looks like bursitis?????? What do think it could be?? and what can we do about it?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Either photodermatitis or eczematous rash, antihistaminic & steroid cream

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I have gone through your complaints and according to me it seems to be photodermatitis or eczematous rash.
If I was your treating doctor I would you to apply topical steroid like cortisone cream on the affected areas twice daily and take antihistaminic like tablet cetrizine 10 mg once or twice daily depending on the intensity of itching and burning.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (40 hours later)

But wat about his elbow the ball joint of his elbow is acutely swollen I mean it's not just his whole elbow is swollen it like a ball in his elbow joint and he feels like it is directly related to the rash because it actually has only happened on one arm his right arm and the rash is only around his elbow.. so the rash did happen first could it have been a symptom of an issue that developed into something in his joint it's not just eczema it's not just a skin condition it's in his elbows right now

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Can be bursitis or arthritis, take anti inflammatory medicines, x ray joint

Detailed Answer:
There are chances that the swelling could be related to the soft tissues around the joint either bursitis or arthritis.
For this he can take anti inflammatory medicines like ibuprofen or diclofenac and if possible go for xray of the elbow joint.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (6 days later)

XXXXXXX is in jail so has limited health care. His swollen elbow joint has not gone away since it started, if it is arthritis or bursitis is there any other advice you could give like what kind of foods to avoid? XXXXXXX likes to exersize and work out do you have any advice for how he should care for his elbow?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No need to avoid food, limit exercise & work out

Detailed Answer:
Hello
There are no specific foods that he needs to avoid.
He should definitely give rest to the swollen elbow as it this will reduce his symptoms.
Ask him to limit his exercise and work out and apply anti inflammatory medicines like ibuprofen gel on the affected areas twice daily.
Also ask him to go for hot fermentation of the affected area.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (24 hours later)

When you say "go for a hot fermentation of the area" do you meen to apply hot towel or hot water bottle?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hot fermentation means hot water bottle

Detailed Answer:
Hot fermentation means using hot water bottle on the affected area 2-3 times in a day.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy