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What Is The Treatment For Itchiness In The Armpit And Below The Rib Cage?

Since about May of this year, I ve been experiencing itching around my left armpit and down my ribcage with no visible rash. I hadn t introduced new soaps or shampoos or deodorants at the time. Regardless, I switched everything out. Now it s August, and I itch on both my left and right sides, same areas, still no rash, and now it s expanded to my upper back in the grooves between the shoulder blades and the front of my pecks, the nipples mainly. I typically have dry skin and use a non-scented moisturizer with limited effect. The itch is not constant, though. Somedays, I go the whole day without itching. I also don t notice a commonality, such as when I ingest certain foods, etc. I send my clothes out to be laundered and have been going to the same place for months without incident. I ve asked if they switched a new detergent and they said, no, but I don t know for sure. (English is not their first language.) The only thing I notice is that if I m stressed or sweating a lot, the itch comes back. I don t know if it s topical or internal, and I feel both stupid and alarmed by it.
Mon, 3 Jul 2017
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hi,
thank you for putting up your query on HCM.
as per your history, you may have sweat dermatitis.
my treatment advise would be:
1. avoid hot and humid climate, to sweat less.
2. take bath daily and apply antiperspirant roll on daily.
3.wear loose cotton clothes.
4. you may require oral antifungals like tab fluconazole 150mg once a week and topical betnovet m( betamethasone plus miconazole)cream twice a day for 4-6 wks.
5. for itching, you may take tab levocetrizine once a day at night.
if persistent, consult a dermatologist nearby.
wishing you good health.
thank you.



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What Is The Treatment For Itchiness In The Armpit And Below The Rib Cage?

hi, thank you for putting up your query on HCM. as per your history, you may have sweat dermatitis. my treatment advise would be: 1. avoid hot and humid climate, to sweat less. 2. take bath daily and apply antiperspirant roll on daily. 3.wear loose cotton clothes. 4. you may require oral antifungals like tab fluconazole 150mg once a week and topical betnovet m( betamethasone plus miconazole)cream twice a day for 4-6 wks. 5. for itching, you may take tab levocetrizine once a day at night. if persistent, consult a dermatologist nearby. wishing you good health. thank you.