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Suggest Remedies For Itchy Skin Rashes In A 2 Year Old
Question: Dear Doctor,
My 2 years and 4 months son is having strange skin problems since few days. He is getting RASH kind of things on his hands, legs. They stay for few days and go away. But since November the problem has increased and it is causing itching to me.
I am attaching a photo showing his problem, please check it.
Thanks a lot.
My 2 years and 4 months son is having strange skin problems since few days. He is getting RASH kind of things on his hands, legs. They stay for few days and go away. But since November the problem has increased and it is causing itching to me.
I am attaching a photo showing his problem, please check it.
Thanks a lot.
Brief Answer:
Answer few questions
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I have reviewed the attached photograph and need to ask you few questions:
Is itching more during the day or night?
Apart from you and your son is anyone else in the family is having itching problem?
What is the extent of itching?
Is your son having history of dry skin?
Is there any personal or family history of allergic rhinitis, asthma, dry skin or eczema?
Is your son having any bumps on the genitilia?
Kindly revert with the answers.
Regards
Dr Asmeet
Answer few questions
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I have reviewed the attached photograph and need to ask you few questions:
Is itching more during the day or night?
Apart from you and your son is anyone else in the family is having itching problem?
What is the extent of itching?
Is your son having history of dry skin?
Is there any personal or family history of allergic rhinitis, asthma, dry skin or eczema?
Is your son having any bumps on the genitilia?
Kindly revert with the answers.
Regards
Dr Asmeet
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. REMY KOSHY
Thanks a lot Dr Asmeet.
Please find answers for your questions below:
Is itching more during the day or night? More during the night, sometime during day time also.
Apart from you and your son is anyone else in the family is having itching problem? I donot have any itching problem, only my son has that problem.
What is the extent of itching? He scratched around the place where we see the rash mostly
Is your son having history of dry skin? My son has dry skin and we thought that might be causing the problem so we applied moisturized.
Is there any personal or family history of allergic rhinitis, asthma, dry skin or eczema? Me and my father have dry skin, no known allergies.
Is your son having any bumps on the genitilia? No bumps on genitilia that I could see.
Thanks,
Please find answers for your questions below:
Is itching more during the day or night? More during the night, sometime during day time also.
Apart from you and your son is anyone else in the family is having itching problem? I donot have any itching problem, only my son has that problem.
What is the extent of itching? He scratched around the place where we see the rash mostly
Is your son having history of dry skin? My son has dry skin and we thought that might be causing the problem so we applied moisturized.
Is there any personal or family history of allergic rhinitis, asthma, dry skin or eczema? Me and my father have dry skin, no known allergies.
Is your son having any bumps on the genitilia? No bumps on genitilia that I could see.
Thanks,
Brief Answer:
Seems to be having endogenous eczema
Detailed Answer:
According to your complaints it seems he is having endogenous eczema which is due to internal sensitivity of the individual.
If I was your treating doctor I would recommend you to apply mild topical steroid like clobetasone cream on the affected areas twice daily along with frequent and liberal application of a good moisturising lotion containing white soft paraffin on the entire body.
Besides this I would recommend you to give him antihistaminic like syrup cyproheptadine 5 ml twice daily for 10-14 days.
These are prescription drugs and should be used under the supervision of the doctor.
Also use a mild soap for bathing, bathe him with lukewarm water instead of hot water, avoid direct contact of woollen clothes with body, make him stay away from pets and avoid dust.
Regards
Dr Asmeet
Seems to be having endogenous eczema
Detailed Answer:
According to your complaints it seems he is having endogenous eczema which is due to internal sensitivity of the individual.
If I was your treating doctor I would recommend you to apply mild topical steroid like clobetasone cream on the affected areas twice daily along with frequent and liberal application of a good moisturising lotion containing white soft paraffin on the entire body.
Besides this I would recommend you to give him antihistaminic like syrup cyproheptadine 5 ml twice daily for 10-14 days.
These are prescription drugs and should be used under the supervision of the doctor.
Also use a mild soap for bathing, bathe him with lukewarm water instead of hot water, avoid direct contact of woollen clothes with body, make him stay away from pets and avoid dust.
Regards
Dr Asmeet
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. REMY KOSHY
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