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How To Treat Itchy Boils While On Chemotherapy?
I am on chemo, and I break out with large welts, almost like a boil but do not come to a head, and they are very itchy, I am losing a lot of sleep because of the itch, and I break open the skin and it starts oozing, I have had many different types of creams and nothing is working, now I am getting some on my face and my belly, so all over now. I need something to kill the bacteria that is causing this, what can I take internally, as an antibiotic to cure the blood or immune system.
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To treat itchy boils you can take some some antibiotic preferably cefadroxyl or doxy after an expert opinion along with cetrizine or avil for itching and redness. You can use betnovate-c cream or candid-b powder for local application. Do regular dressing under strict aseptic precautions if oozing is present.
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