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Itching On Arms And Legs, Dry And Peeling Skin. Tried Cortisone. Any Advice?
A couple of months ago I started itching on my arms and legs it eventually started to spread all over my body accept genital area they are small pus bumps that I scratch and rupture they turn into dry peeling skin and itches on back of my ankle knees elbows and hands I tried cortisone it didn t work im constantly scratching and I have one on my hand thats a little bigger and oozing about the size of a dime it has turned dark still itches and not healing due to my constant use of hand i guess any advice?
Thu, 5 Sep 2013
Hi itching on arms and legs with dry peeling skin is called infective eczematous dermatitis.It is due to xerosis of skin which causes itching and inturn causes scratch marks and bumps.
It can be treated by atarax 25 mg in the night time.use cefixime 200 mg twice daily .use a moisteriser daily and apply diprovate-g ointment over the lesions.use moisteriser daily even after lesions are subsided
It can be treated by atarax 25 mg in the night time.use cefixime 200 mg twice daily .use a moisteriser daily and apply diprovate-g ointment over the lesions.use moisteriser daily even after lesions are subsided
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