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Question: I have been prescribed Certirizine HCL. tablets to reducea rash on my torso and arms.
It seems only to have increased the itch and has caused very itchy welts to form on my torso, arms and crotch
I was also prescribed doxycycline at the same time, to be taken with food in the evening. I have taken only one of these last evening,and it was this morning that I awoke with a much more serious itch
I have also been taking sertraline HCL tablets for some time without side effects. I am 85 yrs of age and living in a retirement village Serviced apartment for 6 days less than a year.
I hope you can help me before I go completely around the bend with this itch.
Yours,
XXXXX
It seems only to have increased the itch and has caused very itchy welts to form on my torso, arms and crotch
I was also prescribed doxycycline at the same time, to be taken with food in the evening. I have taken only one of these last evening,and it was this morning that I awoke with a much more serious itch
I have also been taking sertraline HCL tablets for some time without side effects. I am 85 yrs of age and living in a retirement village Serviced apartment for 6 days less than a year.
I hope you can help me before I go completely around the bend with this itch.
Yours,
XXXXX
Brief Answer:
Take oral steroid and steroid cream locally.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Cetrizine is good drug for allergy.
If you don't improve with cetrizine then take oral steroid and steroid cream for local application.
Please let me know
1. Is this the first time you developed such rashes?
2. Are you having any allergy in the past?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Take oral steroid and steroid cream locally.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Cetrizine is good drug for allergy.
If you don't improve with cetrizine then take oral steroid and steroid cream for local application.
Please let me know
1. Is this the first time you developed such rashes?
2. Are you having any allergy in the past?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
This is the first time I have had rashes as extensive or severe as this,
The only other allergy I have had - and this some 30 years ago, but I haven't tried since - is to penicillin.
I was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism some twenty years ago, but this is controlled by daily treatment with thyroxin and my cholesterol levels are now excellent.
XXXX
The only other allergy I have had - and this some 30 years ago, but I haven't tried since - is to penicillin.
I was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism some twenty years ago, but this is controlled by daily treatment with thyroxin and my cholesterol levels are now excellent.
XXXX
Brief Answer:
Do you have fever?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Sometimes, viral infection can also produce such rashes.
So please let me know
1. Do you have fever?
2. Do you have sore throat?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Do you have fever?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Sometimes, viral infection can also produce such rashes.
So please let me know
1. Do you have fever?
2. Do you have sore throat?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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