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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
dry rash for 8mo on upper arms and leggs
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
This forum is for questions regarding Dermatology issues, such as: skin rashes, acne, birthmarks, skin infections, rosacea, and general skin care.
dry rash for 8mo on upper arms and leggs
by joanna hanna, Mar 12, 2000 12:00AM
we have a 2 yr old girl who for the last 7-8mo has had a dry rash that looks like little red pumps as if she where stuck by pins on both her upper arms and legs and sometimes the skin around them become red to. we have tried lotion but it does not seem to help. when she was about 9mo old she had a persistant atopic dermatitus that lasted for almost 2mo and she did not respond to cortizone meds she went through 2 botles and west wort cream we still have some left would that maybe help her other rash also couild this be related somehow.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Mar 12, 2000 12:00AM
, Mar 12, 2000 12:00AM
Member Comments (2)
by Linda P, Mar 17, 2000 12:00AM
My husband is in his 50's and he had double hernia surgery in 98 dec and another one in jan 99, Well by april of 99 he started itching on his arm's, we thought it was the clorin in the water. when we got him to a doc. in another state we found out he has diebetices and so The dr put him on med. for it, well the itching got worse and they took him off the med and the itching is no better. They gave him itch cream and medication and still no better.Know he is controling his Diebetices with diet, no med's, the rash is like poison ivey but no fluid, Drives him up a wall. The medication for the itching was causing him to sleep a lot and throwing off his equiallibreum. I'm woundering if his P gland is not working or if Agent Orange side affect.I know he can't stand much more of the itching all day and night.Thank you.
