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Suggest Treatment For Severe Itching On The Buttocks
Question: The top of buttuks between the cheeks itch. I can feel no rash or lumps. Skin does not feel dry.
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Questions for you to help me answer you better.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
How long has this problem been going on?
Also, can you get a hand held mirror and have a look to see if there is a rash? Not all rashes are palpable to the touch, and it could be a fungal infection such as ring worm, which isn't palpable.
Please write back and let me know what it looks like.
Questions for you to help me answer you better.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
How long has this problem been going on?
Also, can you get a hand held mirror and have a look to see if there is a rash? Not all rashes are palpable to the touch, and it could be a fungal infection such as ring worm, which isn't palpable.
Please write back and let me know what it looks like.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
It has been going on for about 8-9 months. I will try tonite with a mirror. What should I look for?
Brief Answer:
Things to look for.
Detailed Answer:
Look for any redness or pinkness. Any discoloration at all.
And if there is discoloration, the size, and shape.
Also if it looks flaky or scaly.
Things to look for.
Detailed Answer:
Look for any redness or pinkness. Any discoloration at all.
And if there is discoloration, the size, and shape.
Also if it looks flaky or scaly.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I check as good as I good and it is pink and about the size of a quarter.
Brief Answer:
Information.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for getting back to me with this information.
If it is not hot and tender, and it is not scaly, just pink and itchy, then it may be a small area of fungal infection.
Try the anti-yeast/anti-fungal medication clotrimazole. This is a cream sold under various brand names, and you can get it without prescription at a drug store. If you have a hard time finding a product that is clotrimazole, (such as Lotrimin or Mycelex), ask the pharmacist as they can help you locate one.
I recommend you use this twice a day for two weeks.
If possible, after bathing, XXXXXXX the area dry with tissue, then dry it further with a hand held dryer set on low. Then apply the cream. My reason for suggesting using tissue to XXXXXXX dry is so that you don't get fungi/yeast on your towel. (Wash your current towel in hot water.) And my reason for recommending the hair dryer is because fungi/yeast like moist environments so having the area as dry as possible is best.
If, after 2 weeks, the itchy rash is still happening, then it is time to go in to see your doctor.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
Information.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for getting back to me with this information.
If it is not hot and tender, and it is not scaly, just pink and itchy, then it may be a small area of fungal infection.
Try the anti-yeast/anti-fungal medication clotrimazole. This is a cream sold under various brand names, and you can get it without prescription at a drug store. If you have a hard time finding a product that is clotrimazole, (such as Lotrimin or Mycelex), ask the pharmacist as they can help you locate one.
I recommend you use this twice a day for two weeks.
If possible, after bathing, XXXXXXX the area dry with tissue, then dry it further with a hand held dryer set on low. Then apply the cream. My reason for suggesting using tissue to XXXXXXX dry is so that you don't get fungi/yeast on your towel. (Wash your current towel in hot water.) And my reason for recommending the hair dryer is because fungi/yeast like moist environments so having the area as dry as possible is best.
If, after 2 weeks, the itchy rash is still happening, then it is time to go in to see your doctor.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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