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Suggest Medication To Replace Benadryl For Itchy Arms And Ankles

My hands neck arms and occasionally my ankles have been itching like crazy for the past three days. I have no idea what it could be. I haven t changed my laundry detergent. Haven t used any new soaps or any perfumes. And I was just tested for diabetes a week ago. So that is ruled out. I ve used half a bottle of itching spray which relives it for about five minutes. Benadryl helps for a while but it comes back. And sometimes the itches become slightly painful. I have no idea what it could be. At this point I m just clueless.
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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hi..i have been through ur query carefully it suggests that u r having dermatitis..it can due to detergent ,cosmetics,soaps and perfumes.it doesn't matter whether u have changed ur detergent ,soaps or perfumes etc or not.ur skin can become sensitive to all these irritant which were previously non irritant.
wear gloves while doing laundry.
apply white petroleum jelly thrice daily.
use any good moisturizing cream or lotion.
use beta methasone lotion two times daily on the affected area.
take tab loratidine 10mg daily at night.
also I would like to rule out other differentials like scabies.
I would like to ask u further questions whether any member of ur family has got the same complain?whether u have itching in the web's of ur finger or not?if ur answer is yes it would confirm.the diagnosis of scabies n 'll treat u on the guidelines of scabies.
I hope u r satisfied with my answer .u r welcome for further query any time on health care magic.
regards.
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Suggest Medication To Replace Benadryl For Itchy Arms And Ankles

hi..i have been through ur query carefully it suggests that u r having dermatitis..it can due to detergent ,cosmetics,soaps and perfumes.it doesn t matter whether u have changed ur detergent ,soaps or perfumes etc or not.ur skin can become sensitive to all these irritant which were previously non irritant. wear gloves while doing laundry. apply white petroleum jelly thrice daily. use any good moisturizing cream or lotion. use beta methasone lotion two times daily on the affected area. take tab loratidine 10mg daily at night. also I would like to rule out other differentials like scabies. I would like to ask u further questions whether any member of ur family has got the same complain?whether u have itching in the web s of ur finger or not?if ur answer is yes it would confirm.the diagnosis of scabies n ll treat u on the guidelines of scabies. I hope u r satisfied with my answer .u r welcome for further query any time on health care magic. regards.