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What Causes Excess Body Itching In Elderly?
hello Doctors,
my father is about 74 years. he was having itching whole body since long time and past 10 years it was little bit significant. he consulted "N" number of Allopathy, Homepathy, Ayurvedic doctors but there is no progress and no one confirmed/ diaganised exact problem why itching is occuring frequently. this winter, itching is tremandously increased and he is suffering a lot. please guide me what to do. thanks
my father is about 74 years. he was having itching whole body since long time and past 10 years it was little bit significant. he consulted "N" number of Allopathy, Homepathy, Ayurvedic doctors but there is no progress and no one confirmed/ diaganised exact problem why itching is occuring frequently. this winter, itching is tremandously increased and he is suffering a lot. please guide me what to do. thanks
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
Hello,
Thank you for the question and welcome to Healthcaremagic!
In order to help you more i will need some more information about your father's condition like where is the itching located?is the itching area has any boil/discharge/ulcer/redness? Does he suffer from any chronic disease?
From the limited information from the question it seems your father can be suffering from atopic dermatitis which is seasonal.
As this is a chronic condition, there is no permanent cure. It is managed by diet by including less of sour food and any cloth or climate area. Medicines includes episodic antihistamines.
For reply to my questions message me back to help you better.
Takecare!
Thank you for the question and welcome to Healthcaremagic!
In order to help you more i will need some more information about your father's condition like where is the itching located?is the itching area has any boil/discharge/ulcer/redness? Does he suffer from any chronic disease?
From the limited information from the question it seems your father can be suffering from atopic dermatitis which is seasonal.
As this is a chronic condition, there is no permanent cure. It is managed by diet by including less of sour food and any cloth or climate area. Medicines includes episodic antihistamines.
For reply to my questions message me back to help you better.
Takecare!
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