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Suggest Treatment For Sore And Itchy Breast

Hi,



For about 6months or so, I have had an issue with my nipples. They tend to get very very sore and itchy. Then it progressed into dryness that flakes, peels and cracks.



I have tried extra moisturization, new soaps/lotions/laudry detergents (which has overall improved the itching all over, I seem to react easily to something but I don't know what) but the nips have not improved. They seem to get better sometimes and I think, hey, whatever is finally going away but then we go back to the painful itcy peeling.



I have tried Lotrimin thinking maybe it was a fungal infection from a new bra, etc. but that has not healed the problem either. I had visited the doctor early in the summer about the all over itching. He came me some steroid cream for the rashes I had and switched me to a new allergy medication but these too did not help the nipples. He did clear me from padgets's disease which has been the only thing I could find with such symptoms, though maybe a test should be done to make sure. I have also been extremely tired. I try to work out but don't have the energy these days and when I do, I end up sore for days, feeling like I was hit by a car sore. I don't know if these are related.



I also read that it could be from exercising but I've been so inconsistent lately that I don't think so and when I do, I have tried to put band-aids over my nips to ease any friction.



I also read it could be from too tight a bra but feel this is also not an issue.



Any suggestions/help?
Thu, 18 Sep 2014
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