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Is There A Permanent Treatment For Recurring Itching And Skin Rash?
Hello doc, I know a patient - mrs. Latesh jain who is suffering from severe itching from past 3yr in whole body and the iching is increasing with time . Sometimes blood oozes from the rashes. She had shown to various skin specialists but the relief is only temporary. What is her probable diagnoses and line of treatment
Sat, 25 Jan 2014
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Looks like your friend is suffering from chronic urticaria.
This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching.
In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching.
The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc etc..
Hope you are not on any medicines since long term. Pain killers, antipyretics, Antibiotics are the common agents causing itching.
You can try if you can find out the pathology.
For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks.
She might need a tapering course of these medicines.
So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation.
Hope it helps ,
Wishing you speedy recovery .
Dr Geetika Paul
Welcome to Healthcare Magic Forum
Looks like your friend is suffering from chronic urticaria.
This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching.
In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching.
The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc etc..
Hope you are not on any medicines since long term. Pain killers, antipyretics, Antibiotics are the common agents causing itching.
You can try if you can find out the pathology.
For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks.
She might need a tapering course of these medicines.
So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation.
Hope it helps ,
Wishing you speedy recovery .
Dr Geetika Paul
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