Suggest Treatment For Red Blotchy Spots On Skin Due To Eucalyptus

Posted on Fri, 16 Jan 2015

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Question : My 9yr old son had a reaction to eucalyptus on a rag used to wipe his face,red blotchy spots

Answered by Dr. Dr. Michelle Gibson (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
needs oral antihistamine and topical steroid

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using healthcare magic

Reactions are more likely allergic in nature so you would need to treat as an allergic reaction.

This means the use of oral antihistamines such as benadryl, claritine, allegra, zyrtec. One of these should be given as soon as possible

A topical steroid cream would also help to decrease the skin inflammatory reaction.

If these agents are not effective then you may need steroids from your doctor.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar