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Suggest Treatment For Abrasion And Rashes On Wrist After Accident
Had a minor car accident a week and a half ago and got a fairly large abrasion on my wrist from the airbag. Kept the abrasion covered with Neosporin and gauze until it appeared healed over (about 5 days) and then left mostly uncovered, applied lotion to dry skin a few times - this morning (9 days post-injury) noticed an itchy rash covering the exact same area as the abrasion. Have been treating this w/ hydrocortisone 1% with little relief. Suggestions?
Thu, 19 Mar 2015
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I will keep a possibility of allergic contact dermatitis, possibly to some ingredient in the topical lotion.
I suggest you to discontinue the lotion.
An OTC topical steroid e.g hydrocortisone 1% would work but since it is a mild steroid therefore it would act slow.
I would have preferred a slightly more potent steroid e.g fluticasone propionate 0.05% cream, twice daily. It is a prescription product.
An OTC Oral antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10 mg once daily will provide you symptomatic relief from itching.
Regards
I will keep a possibility of allergic contact dermatitis, possibly to some ingredient in the topical lotion.
I suggest you to discontinue the lotion.
An OTC topical steroid e.g hydrocortisone 1% would work but since it is a mild steroid therefore it would act slow.
I would have preferred a slightly more potent steroid e.g fluticasone propionate 0.05% cream, twice daily. It is a prescription product.
An OTC Oral antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10 mg once daily will provide you symptomatic relief from itching.
Regards
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