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Itchy Rash On The Wrist. Diagnosed With Scabies. Permethrin Prescribed. Why Is It Recurring?

I have had a wrist in my right wrist for about three months that will not go away. I have seen my GP and she has given me a couple of topical creams, the latest being permethrin cream, 5%. It will settle down but then recur with a vengeance. Currently the itching will wake me at night and now I have scratched it raw. Her latest diagnosis was scabies .
Sat, 6 Apr 2013
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Hello, Even though wrist is a common site for scabies it is unlikely or rare for scabies to be located only over wrist. You have been having it for three months and i expect scabies to affect rest of your body like your underarms, groin, around umbilicus and web spaces of hands. It is better to show a dermatologist for this. Hope this helped. Take care.
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Itchy Rash On The Wrist. Diagnosed With Scabies. Permethrin Prescribed. Why Is It Recurring?

Hello, Even though wrist is a common site for scabies it is unlikely or rare for scabies to be located only over wrist. You have been having it for three months and i expect scabies to affect rest of your body like your underarms, groin, around umbilicus and web spaces of hands. It is better to show a dermatologist for this. Hope this helped. Take care.