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What Causes An Itchy Rash Below The Ears?
I have a rash that is below my left ear. It has only been there since Thurs and it was below both ears so I put calamine lotion on it...the one below the right ear went away and the one below my left is still there and itching really bad!! I keep applying calamine lotion and it doesn't seem to be helping. It doesn't have anything seeping from it, they just look like red bumps. Any thoughts?
Fri, 3 May 2024
Hello,
Keep the skin behind the ears clean, dry and moisturized with a water-based moisturizer. Cold compression is helpful, do not touch, scratch or pick. Apply ointment hydrocortisone on the affected area for relieve. Take antihistamine, at bedtime for 3-5 days. You should get relieve from allergy symptoms. Take a single dose of secnil forte orally to clear out fungal infection. Your bump like rash should go away.
If not, you can take a course of antibiotics, like doxycycline-100mg, twice daily for 5 days. If it is resistant and accompanied with fever, swelling of the skin, fatigue, etc. Consult an ENT, or a dermatologist and get a skin biopsy. Identify the bacteria, virus, or fungus causing the rash.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K, General & Family Physician
Keep the skin behind the ears clean, dry and moisturized with a water-based moisturizer. Cold compression is helpful, do not touch, scratch or pick. Apply ointment hydrocortisone on the affected area for relieve. Take antihistamine, at bedtime for 3-5 days. You should get relieve from allergy symptoms. Take a single dose of secnil forte orally to clear out fungal infection. Your bump like rash should go away.
If not, you can take a course of antibiotics, like doxycycline-100mg, twice daily for 5 days. If it is resistant and accompanied with fever, swelling of the skin, fatigue, etc. Consult an ENT, or a dermatologist and get a skin biopsy. Identify the bacteria, virus, or fungus causing the rash.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K, General & Family Physician
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