My 12 year old son has a rash on his shoulders. It is in patches and is red and bumpy looking. It doesn't ooze and isn't crusty or scaly. He says it itches a little but not bad. He has been treated for scabies twice, then dry skin, and...»
A couple weeks ago, I was stung by a yellow jacket behind my knee. It left it's stinger in me and I pulled it out. It hurt for several hours after (I was not in a place with any medications), I used ice on it. It swelled around the spot...»
Our daughter, who is 24 years old has a skin condition. She has had something that looks like ringworm on her calf since the beginning of July 2011. It was treated with antifungal meds, and about three weeks later she started to show a...»
my son is 21 weeks and i notice he has miniture bumps all over his arms and legs. only on the front on the them. and on the upper half in the middle on both sides of arm there is a circular ring kind of darkened and feels dry. My question...»
Hi Dr Greene, my baby is 5 months old and he is always scratching the skin around his eyes. A general practitioner prescribed an ointment with Econazole Nitrate 10mg (1%) and Triamcinolone Acetonide 1mg (0.1%) as ingredients. This has...»
I have like bugbites on my neck upper shoulders chest ,nd few spots in my arm went to the urgent nd prescribe me benadryl nd prednisone a type of steroid so its the second day that I'm taking the prescriptions its going away little by...»
Dear Dr. Greene,
My 6 yr old son breaks out with an irritating rash when we use sun lotion. I am wondering if he may be allergic to something in the lotion. We have tried a few brands and I am wondering if he could be reacitng the zinc...»
I am currently still nursing my 11 month old and developed nipple eczema around the time he got his first teeth, which was also the time he began to drink from a sippy cup (born Free brand).
In attempt to find the possible source of the...»
My youngest son (almost 2) developed what looked to be bug bites all over his arms and legs. Within 30 mins they had swollen to a size of the bottom of a plastic cup. Within 1 hour, they were the size of the top of the cup, if not bigger!...»
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