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What Does A Itchy Rash Near The Scrotum Indicate?

I am wondering if I should take my 6-year-old son to the Emergency Room tonight or Urgent Care tomorrow? He is 60 pounds and about 4 feet tall. He was scratching himself and wouldn t stop so I took a look and he had a red spot which I thought was a bug bite right next to his scrotum. And it also looked like there is one on his scrotum, so I put some Afterbite cream on the spots. The next day he was still itchy and that night he couldn t sleep so his father put some alcohol on it and it seemed to help him enough to sleep. This evening I put some more alcohol on him and maximum strength Cortizone cream too. This time I noticed that he has a large. almost bruised looking perfectly round circle right in the middle of his sack. Any ideas of what this might be, and should I take him to ER now or wait until morning to take him to Urgent Care or Doctor?
Mon, 25 Apr 2016
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Hi,
From history it seems that he might be having some poisonous insect bite producing local allergic reaction.
Give him Benadryl or Cetrizine stat.
Apply some moisturizing lotion.
He will feel relief with this medicine.
If problem persisted then go to ER in the morning.
Ok and take care.
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What Does A Itchy Rash Near The Scrotum Indicate?

Hi, From history it seems that he might be having some poisonous insect bite producing local allergic reaction. Give him Benadryl or Cetrizine stat. Apply some moisturizing lotion. He will feel relief with this medicine. If problem persisted then go to ER in the morning. Ok and take care.