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What causes thumbnail patches and breakouts all over the body?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 28-year-old female and weigh 165 pounds and height 5 feet and 4 inches. I currently have a few issues. My thumb nail has a weird brien patch that randomly appeared a few days ago 9mm wide and 6mm length shaped surrounding. Have breakouts all over the body face, legs, shoulders... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com I understand your concern. I am very sorry about your medical condition. Do not worry I am here to take care of you. Regarding your symptoms, I wish you could send a picture. However, I believe you have developed a fungal infection around the thumb and generalized body... Read Full »
Please suggest medications for pus-filled bumps due to insect bite.
Query: Hello doctor, Some insects bit me and I have got an infection because of scratching it and now my lower leg is completely filled with these bumps with pus in some of them. I have been prescribed antibiotics and allergy medication as well as an ointment. Is there anything else that could be done? It ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. IgE (immunoglobulin E) is raised, this indicates allergic infection or parasitic infection. ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) is raised so chronic infection. Is there fever? Stomachache? History of hives? Allergic dermatitis? Atopy? Aggravation factors? Insect bit... Read Full »
My husband has red bumps with an itching sensation. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, My husband has red bumps all over his body with an itching sensation. It seems like mosquito bites, but they spread all over the body. Kindly help. Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As per the history and images provided (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity), it is an insect bite reaction (IBR) due to bug bites. They appear as itchy, red to dry papules with increased itching sensation toward night time, most often acquired from... Read Full »
I have a persistent rash and fatigue. Am I HIV positive?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 25-year-old male, and I fingered someone with a superficial one-day-old cut on the finger. My complete STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and Hepatitis panel test at 52 days was negative. At 42 days, the rapid immunochromatography test for (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV 1 an... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have gone through all the tests, which were negative, which means you do not require further tests. Your complaint of non-itching rashes that appeared two weeks after exposure and persisted till the eighth week can be due to allergy to any subject that you used for... Read Full »
What does a bump on my finger filled with pure white liquid indicate?
Query: Hello doctor, I got a bump on my finger filled with pure white liquid, and it does not look like any infection. My body is very hot, and if I check the temperature, it is showing normal. Why? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Suppose it is a single lesion with no other lesions. In that case, it is more likely pompholyx (dyshidrotic eczema), a kind of vesicular eczema, which can sometimes present like this and not diffuse. Fever with multiple such lesions and red... Read Full »
A 2-year-old has red, itchy bumps due to mosquito bite. Does that mean she is allergic?
Query: Hello doctor,My 2-year-old daughter had been bitten by mosquitoes, and those areas are red and bumpy, and some have red rings around them. These bumps are itchy to her, and they look infected. Does that mean she is allergic and what can I do to help her? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This is the normal reaction to mosquito bites. Please wash with soap and water and apply Cortisone cream (Hydrocortisone) two times a day for three to five days. You can also give about half a teaspoon of Benadryl (Diphenhydramine HCl) once a day as needed for itchin... Read Full »
I have itchy pimples near genitals that are spreading all over the body. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I am having some skin infection from last six years and I neglected it. But recently it is getting hard with it. Some pimples are coming near my genitals and they are so itchy. I think it is spreading all over the body since I am getting some rashes at some parts of my body. Please he... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have seen your query and concern and have examined your picture (attachment removed to protect patient identity). With your descriptions and given picture, it seems you have scrotum steatocystoma multiplex. It is a type of sebaceous cyst. They are benign. Do not have ... Read Full »
I had developed a few bumps around my genital area. Why so?
Query: Hello doctor, I had developed a few bumps around my genital area. What to do? Please help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your query and understood your concern. It appears to be folliculitis (minor bacterial infection). So, I suggest you follow the instructions mentioned below. 1. Apply Fucidin (steroidal antibiotic) cream during the daytime for seven days. 2. T... Read Full »
Do stinging and tingling bumps on the vagina indicate genital herpes?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 28-year-old female. For years even before I had intercourse, I have been experiencing pain inside the left area of my vagina. It is dull, but I feel like something is there. I visited doctors, but they say nothing is there. It happens around my period time, ovulation, or when the p... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Looking at the history and the photographs (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity), It looks like you have recurrent herpes genitalis. The condition is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). So it would help if you got yourself checked up for all other... Read Full »
Is itchy and popping vesicle above the butt crack a sign of herpes?
Query: Hello doctor, The top of my butt crack has been itching for the past two days. I decided to scratch and a bump appeared. When I woke up this morning I noticed that it was still itchy but the bump was there anymore. I reached the back to feel it, but it felt a little wet as if it popped. I do not kn... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through the details and photo given by you. (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Though the photo is not clear it appears as excoriated vesicle. You have not mentioned your age and symptoms like pain. It is at the top of your butt crack and the sk... Read Full »