Itching without rash or hives

[mukie]

my 11 year old son had a virus on Thanksgiving 5 days later he started itching from head to toe no rash no hives nothing.
we started him on benadryl and calamine lotiong, not relief so the Doctor gave him allegra and cortisone, no relief. Then the dermatologist gave him a shot of kenalog, and prescription cortisone. still no relief after two emergency room visits they gave him hydroxine and blood workups for kidney, liver, and thyroid came back normal. then the allergist said his bloodwork for allergies is normal too. she put him on zyrtec and two hydroxine at night so the kid can maybe get some sleep.. Now were going on 5 weeks he has missed 3 weeks of school and there's still no relief for this poor kid in site. we've tried oatmeal baths, lotion, bactine which has lidocane and still nothing. Can someone give us some suggestions. It's 2007 I can't believe all this modern technology and no one can help itching.

[flav]

I think so too. Parasites are very common in kids, and it can cause infections, where it explains the virus symptoms... Parasites like tape worms.... do a feces and blood lab work. I notice this is 3 years old. Hope you found the cure for your child.

I'm not a Doctor, just a Brazilian worm victim too, and worm infestations are common in kids, but here in the USA I never hear the doctors talking about deworm anyone. For us it is like do a teeth cleaning periodical. The doctors here are not trained to do everything, and find causes of the symptoms like back home. Here they just assume things and prescribe tylenol or allegra... lol

[wvrlsl]

Ask your doctor if it could be parasites.