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What Causes Skin Rash With Itching In A Child?
My daughter is 14. Last night she started breaking out with a rash. The first spot that we saw on the underside of her forearm. it looked like a flea bite and it itched. The second area was on her upper back. it had multiple raised areas about the size of a pimple. The area is red and odd shapes with pimple sized bumps within the red area. I gave her a benadryl and she was able to sleep through the night. This morning she woke up to both sides of her feet itching, red with bumps. Now she has it on her back, under her arms running down the side of her body on both sides. On her neck, on her shoulders, butt, behind one ear and on the back of her arms. I put her in our salt water spa which helped the itching and have given her an oatmeal bath and applied cortazone and given her a benadryl. The itching has subsided and is tolerable now. Any idea what this could be?
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi,
There are multiple causes for such Pruritic Rashes. It might be Atopic Dermatitis/Contact Dermatitis/Urticarial Rashes/some viral infections also give rise to such rashes.
You need to pay attention if there is a runny nose, fever also there are not. Generally, if it's there then this might be a viral infection?
You can give antihistamines preparation to cut short the severity of itching. Avoid exposure to cosmetic & suspected stuff which might be causing Urticarial Rashes to develop.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ajaygupta009, General & Family Physician
There are multiple causes for such Pruritic Rashes. It might be Atopic Dermatitis/Contact Dermatitis/Urticarial Rashes/some viral infections also give rise to such rashes.
You need to pay attention if there is a runny nose, fever also there are not. Generally, if it's there then this might be a viral infection?
You can give antihistamines preparation to cut short the severity of itching. Avoid exposure to cosmetic & suspected stuff which might be causing Urticarial Rashes to develop.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ajaygupta009, General & Family Physician
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