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Suggest Remedies For Severe Skin Dryness In A Child

I have a grand daughter 6 years old girl name Kacey. Currently she is experiencing dryness in her palm and now her nail got separated already from the skin which bothers us most because at her young age she already had this kind of skin problem. My daughter-in-law brought her to the pedia and this week schedule to see a derma check up. They said, its a kind of fungus. This is not itchy, the first time that she experienced this 8 months ago with a skin peeling and kacey start removing the skin cause it bothers her, the total dryness and rough palm is noticeable. Right now the palm is pinkist/redness in color and am afraid it might accumulate bacteria on it. Please help what is the best medicine for this. Appreciate very much your immediate assistance. I have a feeling she got this from her toy clay in a box which we bought in a top 3 department store in the Philippines.
Wed, 25 Sep 2019
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Hi,

* The narrated skin condition is definitely related to fungal skin lesion contracted from toy clay most likely.

* The type of therapy depends upon the clinical presentation, amount of skin sloughing with microscopic evaluation of particular skin segment to see for the extent of the lesion.

* Best guideline at this platform would be to

- maintain her hydration at the best level
- avoid sunlight exposure
- let her wear loose, clean, cotton clothes
- discuss need of multivitamin with vitamin E and A, zinc supplements which are excellent molecules for best skin recovery in such problems.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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Suggest Remedies For Severe Skin Dryness In A Child

Hi, * The narrated skin condition is definitely related to fungal skin lesion contracted from toy clay most likely. * The type of therapy depends upon the clinical presentation, amount of skin sloughing with microscopic evaluation of particular skin segment to see for the extent of the lesion. * Best guideline at this platform would be to - maintain her hydration at the best level - avoid sunlight exposure - let her wear loose, clean, cotton clothes - discuss need of multivitamin with vitamin E and A, zinc supplements which are excellent molecules for best skin recovery in such problems. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon