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What Causes Irritably Dry And Tingling Skin In A Person With Dementia?
I very been doing research on skin deseases. I just read about Morganslang skin disease. I have been diagnosed with demntia. However, I am highly irratible, tingling, dry , scaleyou skin, sting like fibers on occassion, sometimes largest hard calcium like partials, crusty, builds up on feet, feels like walking on a matter of needles, some particularsort are different in color. See psychiatrist, and neurologist. They claim it seems nerves of dementia. I think there till more to it.
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It can be due to some fungal infection for which you can take antibiotics like cefadroxyl or zifi-cv after an expert opinion along with cetrizine or Avil itching or rashes. Apply clonet lotion or clo-trimazole cream locally over the affected area. You can take steroids if not improved with above treatment.
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