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Suggest Medicines For Itchy Red Bumps

My indoor-only cat was diagnosed with notoedres cati mites a few days ago. I've been itchy with red pimply bumps for weeks. I've seen my M.D. (not very helpful, though) and she prescribed a topical steroid cream and some oral antihistamines. I'm in the process of hot washing & drying everything in this house + my cats are being treated with Revolution (Selamectin) and will be so every 2 weeks for 3 consecutive tx. My cat's veterinarians were more helpful than my M.D. I now have a permethrin cream to apply topically, but wondering if there is anything else I can do/should do to expedite this. Thank you for your time...
posted on Wed, 29 Oct 2014
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Hello,

Thank you for asking at HCM.

I went through your history and would like to make suggestions for you as follows:

1. Were I treating you, I would prescribe you antihistamines like levocetirizine/cetirizine in morning and hydroxyzine in the evening for at least 2 weeks.

2. I would also ask you in detail whether you are on any other medications or you have any other medical condition that might be causing/associated with chronic hives.

3. Sometimes worms/intestinal parasites can cause such symptoms. So I usually prescribe my such patients anti-parasitic drugs like nitazoxanide or albendazole.

4. I would suggest you to avoid activities causing excessive perspiration and avoid tight-fitting clothes, which may aggravate itching.

5. I would suggest you to apply lotion like calamine over the itchy areas/hives.

6. Please do not scratch the itchy areas as scratching would aggravate itching.

7. If above treatment is not helpful, I would suggest you to get investigated to identify a cause.

Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you.

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

Wish you the best of the health ahead.

Thank you & Regards.
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Suggest Medicines For Itchy Red Bumps

Hello, Thank you for asking at HCM. I went through your history and would like to make suggestions for you as follows: 1. Were I treating you, I would prescribe you antihistamines like levocetirizine/cetirizine in morning and hydroxyzine in the evening for at least 2 weeks. 2. I would also ask you in detail whether you are on any other medications or you have any other medical condition that might be causing/associated with chronic hives. 3. Sometimes worms/intestinal parasites can cause such symptoms. So I usually prescribe my such patients anti-parasitic drugs like nitazoxanide or albendazole. 4. I would suggest you to avoid activities causing excessive perspiration and avoid tight-fitting clothes, which may aggravate itching. 5. I would suggest you to apply lotion like calamine over the itchy areas/hives. 6. Please do not scratch the itchy areas as scratching would aggravate itching. 7. If above treatment is not helpful, I would suggest you to get investigated to identify a cause. Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM. Wish you the best of the health ahead. Thank you & Regards.