What Causes Itchy Boils Around The Insect Bite?

Posted on Mon, 16 Jan 2017

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Mon, 16 Jan 2017 Answered on

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Question : My Son (2.10 years) had a insect bite under is fore foot on 25th Dec. That area had become hard and there was small boils around. He only complained about scratching. Now the hard skin & the boils have gone, but he still complain of scratching mostly when he is sleeping.

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (32 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Antihistaminic syrup & calamine lotion

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
If I was your treating doctor I would recommend you to give him antihistaminic like syrup cetrizine 1 mg perkg body weight per day for 10-14 days.
Also apply calamine lotion on the affected area twice daily for 10-14 days.
This should resolve your problem.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng