Dr. Yeshwanth Kumar
Dermatology
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Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
My mother has itching and scratching for the past three months. She is 85 years old with a controlled diabetic. For now, she is applying Polysporin ointment and Benadryl 25 mg. She gets better for a while, and she gets it again. I am attaching the picture. Please suggest.
Hi,
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I have gone through the attachment (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It looks like prurigo simplex. Apply Mometasone cream. Mix it with coconut oil in an equal ratio and apply over the affected area twice daily for two weeks. Take tablet Levocetirizine 5 mg twice daily. Please say whether your mother had any skin lesions in the fingers, abdomen, thighs, and private parts. Please mention whether the itching got increased at night. Please say whether any family member had similar complaints. If these are present, then the treatment varies or else go ahead with the above treatment for two weeks.
Patient's Query
Thank you doctor,
She does not have skin lesions in the finger web spaces, abdomen, thighs, and private parts. My mother has an allergy to penicillin. Does this medication contain penicillin?
Hi,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
I have given Levocetirizine 5 mg. It is an anti-allergic medication for itching. Mometasone cream is a topical medication.
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