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Suggest Medication For Recurring Rashes

My son age is 9 months & he is suffering from rashes on his body,following are some history of my child. One month before, he got some infection,upon checking the child specialist she recommended half dose of oxidil injection for 5days & he recovered, after one week we found rashes on his whole body and then we give decadron & avil injections in afternoon and night respectively, and he recovered and now when we give him anti allergy syrup rashes removed and when we stop the rashes appeared again, Please tell me y it is happening
Thu, 7 Aug 2014
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Hello.

Thank you for asking at HCM.

I went through your son's history.

I would like to know more details about him like - what kind of infection did he have? Does he have any other complaints apart from rashes? Do rashes cause him itching/excessive crying? Does he have any digestion related complains - constipation/frequent diarrhea? Does he have any other allergies? Does he have any family member with allergies? Do you give any medicines frequently to him (for fever, pain, etc) apart from anti-allergic medicines?

From your given history, I would like to make following suggestions for him:

1. Were I treating him, I would prescribe him montelukast and levocetirizine for 1 week and review his response. I would suggest you to apply lotion like calamine over his itchy areas.

2. An infection related rash can some times last for 4-6 weeks after infection. If he has persistent symptoms beyond 6 weeks, I would suggest him to investigate for food allergies, intestinal worms and other intestinal infections, urinary infections etc.

3. Some drugs like antibiotics and pain killers/anti-fever drugs can also cause rash. So if you are giving such drugs frequently to him, please consult your doctor to review his medications.

Hope above information will be helpful to you.

Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM.

Wish your son the best of the health.

Thank you & Regards.
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Suggest Medication For Recurring Rashes

Hello. Thank you for asking at HCM. I went through your son s history. I would like to know more details about him like - what kind of infection did he have? Does he have any other complaints apart from rashes? Do rashes cause him itching/excessive crying? Does he have any digestion related complains - constipation/frequent diarrhea? Does he have any other allergies? Does he have any family member with allergies? Do you give any medicines frequently to him (for fever, pain, etc) apart from anti-allergic medicines? From your given history, I would like to make following suggestions for him: 1. Were I treating him, I would prescribe him montelukast and levocetirizine for 1 week and review his response. I would suggest you to apply lotion like calamine over his itchy areas. 2. An infection related rash can some times last for 4-6 weeks after infection. If he has persistent symptoms beyond 6 weeks, I would suggest him to investigate for food allergies, intestinal worms and other intestinal infections, urinary infections etc. 3. Some drugs like antibiotics and pain killers/anti-fever drugs can also cause rash. So if you are giving such drugs frequently to him, please consult your doctor to review his medications. Hope above information will be helpful to you. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM. Wish your son the best of the health. Thank you & Regards.