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What Causes Itchy Scabs On The Arms, Legs And Back?

I have itchy scabs on my arms, legs, and back. I have a terrible hair of scratching them so they never heal up and scar. What in the world could be causing this? I changed soaps, shampoos etc. .etc. thinking it might be allergies. They just pop up randomly as tiny severely itchy bumps, I scratch them they then turn into scabs and it takes them months to heal.
Thu, 3 Sep 2015
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For itchy scabs on the arms, legs and back you can take some antibiotic preferably cefadroxyl or doxycycline after an expert opinion along with avil or cetrizine for severe itching. You can use betnovate-c cream or candid-b powder for local application. Take some multivitamin as metilda-forte or meganeuron-plus once daily preferably in afternoon. If still the itching is persistent than you can take some steroids as suggested by your doctor.
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What Causes Itchy Scabs On The Arms, Legs And Back?

For itchy scabs on the arms, legs and back you can take some antibiotic preferably cefadroxyl or doxycycline after an expert opinion along with avil or cetrizine for severe itching. You can use betnovate-c cream or candid-b powder for local application. Take some multivitamin as metilda-forte or meganeuron-plus once daily preferably in afternoon. If still the itching is persistent than you can take some steroids as suggested by your doctor.