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Suggest Treatment For Itching And Marks On The Skin Of A Child

My six years old son has several white spots from many years on his hands after mosquito bite. He has insect bite allergy. Please suggest some good cream to prevent itching and especially to remove the spots/marks. Kindly note that he has thalassemia minor trait.
Tue, 19 Aug 2014
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Thanks for putting up your query at HealthCareMagic. I understand the cause of your concern. The smell of the body of certain persons attract mosquitoes more than that of others. If your son gets bitten by mosquitoes more frequently than others, there is not much that you can do, other than using mosquito nets. Has any doctor given your the diagnosis of insect bite allergy? I think that you are talking about the rashes that one gets when an insect bites. You may like to put calamine lotion (comes in various brandnames like Caladryl, Lactocalamine, Lotio calamine - use any of them). You may also use any other moisturising lotion. Do not worry for him having thalassemia minor trait.

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Suggest Treatment For Itching And Marks On The Skin Of A Child

Thanks for putting up your query at HealthCareMagic. I understand the cause of your concern. The smell of the body of certain persons attract mosquitoes more than that of others. If your son gets bitten by mosquitoes more frequently than others, there is not much that you can do, other than using mosquito nets. Has any doctor given your the diagnosis of insect bite allergy? I think that you are talking about the rashes that one gets when an insect bites. You may like to put calamine lotion (comes in various brandnames like Caladryl, Lactocalamine, Lotio calamine - use any of them). You may also use any other moisturising lotion. Do not worry for him having thalassemia minor trait. I hope that helps. Feel free to revert back with further queries if any.