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What Could Cause A Itchy Growths On Head That Has Spread To The Neck?
I have itchy growths on my head my dr says it could be sebhorric dermatitis so she gave me some shampoo to use but since this visit they have trebled and I now have a growth in my neck that moves and is really painful when I touch it I feel dizzy and also my neck, shoulders and arms ache all the time I am 54
Thu, 6 Mar 2014
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I would keep a possibility of seborrheic dermatitis with secondary bacterial infection leading on to enlargement of draining lymph nodes.
If I was your treating doctor, I would have asked you to take an oral antibiotic(penicillin group e.g Amoxycillin) for a week. This would help resolve the secondary bacterial infection and draining lymph nodes.
It is important to continue with your antidandruff shampoo, thrice weekly for 4 weeks followed by twice or once weekly for maintenance, once your dandruff is under control.
regards
I would keep a possibility of seborrheic dermatitis with secondary bacterial infection leading on to enlargement of draining lymph nodes.
If I was your treating doctor, I would have asked you to take an oral antibiotic(penicillin group e.g Amoxycillin) for a week. This would help resolve the secondary bacterial infection and draining lymph nodes.
It is important to continue with your antidandruff shampoo, thrice weekly for 4 weeks followed by twice or once weekly for maintenance, once your dandruff is under control.
regards
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