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What Do Red Spots On The Skin Indicate?
Good day doctors, I am from the Philippines and I have a very important question regarding my nephews skin problem. His skin usually has red spots and it appears especially during the sleep. Her mother, my sister noticed that when the red spots appear, his 3-year-old boy feels itchy and scratches it. The red spots scatters all over the body when it is scratched but it will disappear when the boy doesn t scratch it. My sister has already consulted 2 Medical professionals and the first doctor prescribed ceterizen and the second doctor prescribed levoceterizen. When my nephew took the medicine, the spots were gone but it comes back anytime again and again. The third doctor said it might be rhinitis but my nephew doesn t have coughs and colds. Your advice regarding this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
Mon, 18 Dec 2017
hi sir/mam,its great that you are very much concerned about your nephew.the condition he is suffering from is papular urticaria.it is a type of hypersensitivity reaction to especially insects,be it a mosquito,bed bug,fleas or any other. most of the times as kids skin is very sensitive,even contact with an insect makes it allergic.its very itchy that baby is compelled to scratch and secondary bacterial infections may occur leading to pigmented spots after healing.the following are the measures to be taken to control :
1)first baby must be covered well i.e;the entire body including hands(full hands shirts and gloves),legs(trousers and socks).
2)change the bedsheets almost alternate day and also check for any bugs in bed.
3)under garments of baby are to be changed immediately if they are wet.also have measures to control mosquitoes like repellants,nets etc.
4)also check the play area if there are any irritants.
5)last but not the least is medication.syr.atarax syrup(10mg/5ml) 3.5ml twice daily.topical steroid like betnasol can be applied only on the red spots.
6)good moisturiser is to be applied all over the body atleast once daily.cetaphil lotion can be used.
7)if the child complains of burning,calamine lotion can be applied.
8)eradication of causative agent or prevention of its exposure remain the main stay of treatment.
i wish your kid gets relief by the above treatment as soon as possible.any other health issues,kindly let me know.its my pleasure to guide you.thank you.take care.bye.
1)first baby must be covered well i.e;the entire body including hands(full hands shirts and gloves),legs(trousers and socks).
2)change the bedsheets almost alternate day and also check for any bugs in bed.
3)under garments of baby are to be changed immediately if they are wet.also have measures to control mosquitoes like repellants,nets etc.
4)also check the play area if there are any irritants.
5)last but not the least is medication.syr.atarax syrup(10mg/5ml) 3.5ml twice daily.topical steroid like betnasol can be applied only on the red spots.
6)good moisturiser is to be applied all over the body atleast once daily.cetaphil lotion can be used.
7)if the child complains of burning,calamine lotion can be applied.
8)eradication of causative agent or prevention of its exposure remain the main stay of treatment.
i wish your kid gets relief by the above treatment as soon as possible.any other health issues,kindly let me know.its my pleasure to guide you.thank you.take care.bye.
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