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What is the treatment for red patches at the bottom of the foot?
Query: Hi doctor, My mother is 57 years old. She has red patches and dark spots in the bottom of the foot. It itches most of the time. Many doctors have consulted, but no positive result from their treatment. Please suggest the best medication. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com.To help your mother's condition, I am in need of few more details. Please answer the following questions. How long it has been there? Is she suffering from any systemic illness like diabetes, hypertension or any other? Is there pain in it? What medicine she had taken for i... Read Full »
My buttocks have redness. Do I have psoriasis?
Query: Hello doctor, For a couple of months, I have had a red area between my butt cheeks (not anus, further up where butt cheeks meet). This developed on the right side as a large area of redness which now feels scaly and a bit raised. At times it may feel moist, watery, not quite bleedy though. I tried a... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. After carefully reading your complaints and looking at your photographs, there seem to be three possibilities (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Tinea cruris. Psoriasis. Erythrasma. For making a clear cut diagnosis, I need the answers for a few qu... Read Full »
Why do I have spots on my penis?
Query: Hi doctor, I have got some spots on my penis. Can you please identify what is it? Also please let me know the reason for development. It is a recurring episode. Can you also suggest a remedy? Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. How long it has been there? What is the complaint in it? Have you tried any self-medication? Revert back with the answers to a dermatologist online --> https://www.icliniq.com/ask-a-doctor-online/dermatologist Read Full »
I have tinea cruris. Will it get cured completely?
Query: Hi doctor, I have tinea cruris, a skin infection which irritates with itch. I got it before eight years. Through some allopathy medication it went away in a month or so. But, the allopathy cream left a permanent black pigmentation on my skin. After that, I used to get once or twice a year. During wh... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Tinea cruris is a fungal infection and yes it will get cured by those medications. But, chance for recurrence is always there. It use to occur in people with diabetes, hypertension or on any other medications for immunosuppression. More common chance of recurrence is du... Read Full »
What can be done for recurrent tinea infection?
Query: Hi doctor, I have a tinea infection on my hands. I had it previously two years ago and the symptoms are the same, peeling between fingers, sore and itchy skin, and some scaly patches. A doctor here advised Clotrimazole cream and 150 mg of Flucanozole every week for four weeks. That initially worked ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Is there any burning? Any other area affected? Looking forward to your response in order to help you. Read Full »
Is seborrheic dermatitis treatable?
Query: Hi doctor,I have a strange red circle on the top of my lip. It is not as noticeable as when it first appeared a week ago, but I can still see it. Is it eczema or what? Will some form of ointment sort it out? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Can you please send some more good-quality photographs taken in natural light from different angles and distances? Also, do you have any other symptoms? Please revert with details so that I can help you. Thanks. Read Full »
What medicine should I take for yeast infection?
Query: Hi doctor, I have two small sores on my penis head, probably yeast infection. What medicine should I take? I have tried using Cloben G for the same. But, I did not get relief. Please give some advice. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Do not apply Clobetasol over the glans. Please send the good quality photographs taken in a natural light. Also, do tell me about the complaint in them? How long it has been there? What is your age? Do you have any history of sexual exposure? If yes, then please share t... Read Full »
How to relieve severe pubic itching?
Query: Hi doctor, I have been suffering from severe itching near the pubic area and the skin turned black. Previously, I had pubic lice issue, which was cured using Permethrin lotion. I am currently using Flucort-C cream, but it is not effective. Please suggest some medicine for it. Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You are suffering from tinea incognito (steroid-masked fungal infection).Steroid is contraindicated in fungal infection and you were using a steroid on it, so you have made the condition worse. Nevertheless, I suggest the following medications. Consult a specialist docto... Read Full »