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What Causes Itching And Whelps On The Arms And Legs?

Hi I was taking amox /k875 for 10 days. I started itching and have welps on my body arms legs. Iwent back to my doctor and she told me to discontinue the medicine I did.She gave me a steroid dhot and told me to take benedril. I got little relief so I went to the hospital. The docto there gave me prednisone 20 mg. I am to take 3 at once daily.Also to take famotidine 20mg two pills daily.Also to take benedryl. I am still itching and welping. Also my body arms legs are hot and has red spots. What else can I do?
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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Hi
Welcome to Healthcare Magic Forum

Looks like you are suffering from urticaria.
This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching.
In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching.
The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc etc..
Hope you are not on any medicines since long term. Pain killers, antipyretics, Antibiotics are the common agents causing itching.
You can try if you can find out the pathology.
For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks.
You might need a tapering course of these medicines.
So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation.

Hope it helps ,
Wishing you speedy recovery .

Dr Geetika Paul
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What Causes Itching And Whelps On The Arms And Legs?

Hi Welcome to Healthcare Magic Forum Looks like you are suffering from urticaria. This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching. In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching. The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc etc.. Hope you are not on any medicines since long term. Pain killers, antipyretics, Antibiotics are the common agents causing itching. You can try if you can find out the pathology. For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks. You might need a tapering course of these medicines. So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation. Hope it helps , Wishing you speedy recovery . Dr Geetika Paul