My 2 yr old grand daughter has a red very itchy rash mainly on her chest and back. It comes and goes seemingly very randomly. It is very dry and scaly. she cries when we try to keep it moisturized. It doesn t seem to be connected to anything she eats and we are very confused. you thoughts?
Hello, The symptoms you mentioned are suggestive of acute urticaria. It is usually an exaggerated immunological response to some allergen. Allergens could be anything ranging from specific food items or clothing/fabric or animal allergy or simple dust allergy. The list may go on and on. The best remedy for this is taking antiallergic medicines like Cetirizine or Levocetrazine at bedtime for a week and notice if there's any change in pattern of such rashes. At hospitals, you can get allergy tests done to know what causes this, so further attacks of urticaria can be avoided. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.