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What Causes Severe Itchiness In The Body?
Do I need to see a doctor? I have had itchy skin for over a year. My skin is not dry (maybe a little- humidity is about 30%). I do not use lotions or creams. When I scratch at the itch bumps appear and, of course lines where I scratch. The itching is random and happens all over my body except on my hands feet and face. The redness disappears within minutes. My email address is YYYY@YYYY Thank you.
Thu, 29 Jun 2017
hi,
thank you for putting up your query on HCM.
as per you history, you have chronic urticaria which is a allergic condition of the skin. it is important for you to know, what aggravates your condition, like it can be aggravated by drugs; food like youghurt, tomato, brinjal, lemon etc.; stress, infections, also physical factors like cold, water exposure, heat, exercise, vibrations. it can be autoimmune or idiopathic also.
my treatment aadvise would be:
1. avoidance of the factor which is resposible for your lesions.
2. take levocetrizine once a day daily and one tab of albendazole 400mg to be taken only once.
3. also tablet famotidine 20 mg twice a day to be taken.
4. since you have a chronic nature of disease, you can go for asst after consulting a dermatologist.
5. other modalities of treatment include a course of corticosteroids, cyclosporine, hydroxychloroquine if resistant to above treatment.
thank you
thank you for putting up your query on HCM.
as per you history, you have chronic urticaria which is a allergic condition of the skin. it is important for you to know, what aggravates your condition, like it can be aggravated by drugs; food like youghurt, tomato, brinjal, lemon etc.; stress, infections, also physical factors like cold, water exposure, heat, exercise, vibrations. it can be autoimmune or idiopathic also.
my treatment aadvise would be:
1. avoidance of the factor which is resposible for your lesions.
2. take levocetrizine once a day daily and one tab of albendazole 400mg to be taken only once.
3. also tablet famotidine 20 mg twice a day to be taken.
4. since you have a chronic nature of disease, you can go for asst after consulting a dermatologist.
5. other modalities of treatment include a course of corticosteroids, cyclosporine, hydroxychloroquine if resistant to above treatment.
thank you
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