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Child Developed Rash On Body. Has Itching, Taking Antihistamine, Calamine. No Relief
my 20year old daughter has developed a pin prick rash on her body starting on her torso and spreading over a couple of days to her legs and arms now also her face and hands are affected.she has no fever or other ill effects, just continual itching for which she has taken an antihistamine and applied calamine lotion which are not reaally helping, help
Fri, 12 Apr 2013
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Your daughter seems to be suffering from Acute urticaria. It is characterized by itchy red or skin colored raised wheals which is transient, that means appears in one place and soon disappears from there to appear somewhere else. The most common cause of acute urticaria is food. Seafood, meat, poultry, egg, milk, apples, brinjal, strawberry, coloring agents etc are commonly implicated. It is subjective and any food can cause it. Other common causes are medicines, infections, insect bites etc.
You can take anti histamines like cetrizine 10 mg or Fexofenadine 180 mg once daily or Levocetrizine 5 mg once daily. If it is not coming under control the dose can be increased to twice a day. A shot of inj Avil also will help for which you need to see a dermatologist. Try to rule out the trigger. Acute urticaria may last for three to five days even if the trigger is eliminated.
Hope this helped
Take care
Welcome to healthcare magic
Your daughter seems to be suffering from Acute urticaria. It is characterized by itchy red or skin colored raised wheals which is transient, that means appears in one place and soon disappears from there to appear somewhere else. The most common cause of acute urticaria is food. Seafood, meat, poultry, egg, milk, apples, brinjal, strawberry, coloring agents etc are commonly implicated. It is subjective and any food can cause it. Other common causes are medicines, infections, insect bites etc.
You can take anti histamines like cetrizine 10 mg or Fexofenadine 180 mg once daily or Levocetrizine 5 mg once daily. If it is not coming under control the dose can be increased to twice a day. A shot of inj Avil also will help for which you need to see a dermatologist. Try to rule out the trigger. Acute urticaria may last for three to five days even if the trigger is eliminated.
Hope this helped
Take care
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