What Causes Persistent Whole Body Itching?

Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2016

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Thu, 14 Jan 2016 Answered on

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Question : since 3 days I am facing skin problem. itching on body with prickling feeling. Kindly help

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Could be due to a fungal infection with an allergic component

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through your query. Unfortunately the details are not enough. It would really help if you could upload an image of the affected area. However, based on assumption, I can perhaps comment that it could be due to an allergic reaction and taking some antiallergic like cetirizine once daily for a few days should be helpful. Another possibility to consider is a fungal infection. If that is the case, in addition to cetirizine, application of candid (clotrimazole) would help.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar