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Suggest Treatment For Raised Scaly Area That Is Bleeding Upon Scratching

Posted on Tue, 10 May 2016

Question: I am 62. Overweight. Female. Have yeast like rash in abdominal folds. What concern me is a nickel size raised scaly area that bled profusely when I scratched it

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Intertrigo

Detailed Answer:
Hello and Welcome

I appreciate your concern

Based on the history that you described, it appears you eroded an area due to excessive scratching. Perhaps it was a vascular area and a vessel was eroded, into. Clean the area with diluted povidone solution and apply Neosporin or polyfax like topical antibiotics. Till the area is bleeding, apply firm pressure with a clean gauze piece or cotton swab. For the intertrigo (yeast infection), Zinc oxide along with clotrimazole would help resolve it.

Wishing you best of health

Thanks

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