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What Causes Itching And Burning Sensation In Forearm?

My pain, itching, burning stinging sensation is located only in my left fore arm, when I ice it the sensations stop for a while, but not altogether. I m a female, 52 And I ve been in the sun recently, but only that fore arm is affected, the itchiness & some lotions actually sting it more
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As you have mentioned in your history it is clear that you are suffering from some sort of fungal infection and phototoxicity. For this you have to take some antibiotic preferably cap doxycycline 100 mg twice daily after meals for at least 5 days along with tab levocetrizine or tab fexofenadine twice daily after meals for itching with tab rantac or cap omez twice daily empty stomach one hour before any meal. You can also take tab combiflam or tab ibugesic-plus if pain and burning sensation is severe enough. In addition, you have to use clobit-gm cream or valnerate-c cream for local application. Last but not the least, avoid scratching of local part, apply vaselline or coconut oil as it is beneficial in reducing the severity of itching and burning.
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What Causes Itching And Burning Sensation In Forearm?

As you have mentioned in your history it is clear that you are suffering from some sort of fungal infection and phototoxicity. For this you have to take some antibiotic preferably cap doxycycline 100 mg twice daily after meals for at least 5 days along with tab levocetrizine or tab fexofenadine twice daily after meals for itching with tab rantac or cap omez twice daily empty stomach one hour before any meal. You can also take tab combiflam or tab ibugesic-plus if pain and burning sensation is severe enough. In addition, you have to use clobit-gm cream or valnerate-c cream for local application. Last but not the least, avoid scratching of local part, apply vaselline or coconut oil as it is beneficial in reducing the severity of itching and burning.