
What Cause Itching And Bumps On Ankles?

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Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic
I am Dr. Kakkar. I have gone through your query.
I would like to know more about the rash that is concerning you.
-Anyone else in close contact or family who also has this kind of an itchy rash?
-Does it involve any other place apart from those you mentioned?
-Does it itch more at night?Or is it the same throughout the day?
-Can you upload a few representative photographs of the rash at various places?
Poison ivy or bite should have been fine by 2 weeks, with clobetasol propionate 0.05% cream application.
This rash is unlikely to be HSV 1 related. HSV type 1 is a common cause of labial herpes and sometimes genital herpes, as well. It is a local infection and does'nt get generalized.
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1. my wife had mosquito bites at same time that my "bites" developed. Her's have resolved.
2. None
3. Itch is the same during day and night
4. I shall try to send photos. I am having difficulty uploading. Can you make a suggestion on how I can best do it.
Thnx,
Can you supply me with an e-mail address to which I can send uploaded pictures ?
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Hi.
You can either email the photographs at YYYY@YYYY with the subject as "Attn:Dr. Kakkar" Or you can go to the reports section and upload photographs. Kindly upload as many as you can and good clarity photographs
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Scabies or Papular Urticaria
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Hi,
I have reviewed the photographs
It could be either scabies Or papular urticaria, which is hypersensitivity to insect bite. Scabies though classically presents with itchy, excoriated papules at various body sites, it may be not very classical always specially if it is early or in those who have a good hygiene, therefore, it is sometimes better to treat for scabies empirically.
Papular urticaria on the other hand is a hypersensitivity reaction to insect bite and it presents with itching and urticarial papules, distributed mostly on limbs (exposed sites).
If I was your treating doctor I would have treated you empirically for scabies with a single whole body application of a scabicidal like either 5% permethrin or 1% gamma benzene hexachloride, applied from neck downwards to the whole body and left overnight, followed by twice daily application for 7-10 days of a steroid cream (clobetasol proionate 0.05% cream) as you have been using already, to the itchy spots.
You may ask for a prescription for these from your treating doctor.
An OTC antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10mg once daily would help you deal symptomatically with itching.
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