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Developed Itchy Cluster, Painful Rashes On Butt Cheek And Have Swollen Lymph Node. What Should Be Done?
Question: Hi. I developed a small cluster of itchy and painful rashes on my butt cheek after spending a few days in hospital after my c. section, last year. Since then it comes and goes after I use tetmosol antiseptic soap on it. Now it has come up and I am 13 weeks pregnant. I now have a swollen lymph node in my upper thigh of the same leg. I don't what it is and hope it doesn't harm the baby.
Hello and thanks for posting the query
During pregnancy, a woman can develop so many new symptoms that sometimes it’s hard to determine what is normal and what's not.
But enlarged lymph nodes are not a typical normal occurrence during pregnancy. Lymph nodes enlarge when the immune cells within them become activated and begin fighting a foreign entity such as an infection. This is not to say that your particular symptoms are not a part of your pregnancy symptoms, but since they are also a symptom of infection, you should consider the second one first.
The infection may be due to the rashes you have on your butt or any other part of the body. Get examined by your doctor soon so that the cause of the enlarge lymph node can be investigated and accordingly get started with treatment. Please feel free to see your gynecologist and get checked out.
Apply some antibacterial ointment to the rashes and try to keep them clean and dry as much as possible. Take an opinion from a dermatologist to stop reoccurrence. But as per your pregnancy is concern you have to first get treated for enlarged lymph nodes if it is not due to infected rashes.
Hope you got your answer. Write back if you have any further query.
Dr. Kulbir Singh
During pregnancy, a woman can develop so many new symptoms that sometimes it’s hard to determine what is normal and what's not.
But enlarged lymph nodes are not a typical normal occurrence during pregnancy. Lymph nodes enlarge when the immune cells within them become activated and begin fighting a foreign entity such as an infection. This is not to say that your particular symptoms are not a part of your pregnancy symptoms, but since they are also a symptom of infection, you should consider the second one first.
The infection may be due to the rashes you have on your butt or any other part of the body. Get examined by your doctor soon so that the cause of the enlarge lymph node can be investigated and accordingly get started with treatment. Please feel free to see your gynecologist and get checked out.
Apply some antibacterial ointment to the rashes and try to keep them clean and dry as much as possible. Take an opinion from a dermatologist to stop reoccurrence. But as per your pregnancy is concern you have to first get treated for enlarged lymph nodes if it is not due to infected rashes.
Hope you got your answer. Write back if you have any further query.
Dr. Kulbir Singh
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