Dry itchy patch on ds arm and bottom, not like excema, HELP!

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my ds of 2 did have excema when he was 5 weeks till about 11 months but that thankfully went. since he was about 15 months he has developed a dry skin condition first on his bottom and a few behind the thigh and then it came on both crease of his elbows. it looks dry and slightly rough has a slight bordering ring like appearance around it. its awfully itchy and he cant sleep at night because of this, i did go to the gp but was sent packing with daktacort which i am applying to this day but nothing works.it does go down a little and then comes back with a vengance! i was told its a fungal infection but other than this i was not given any hard support advice or information and i'm sick of gp's because of this...can anyone suggest any help...any advice much appreciated!thankyou

Does it look like shiny silvery scales? If yes, could be psoriasis - this is where a small part of the skin goes a bit OTT on producing skin cells. I get it and it is very itchy - but it is not a fungal infection. Treatment from GP is usually steroid cream - Betnovate for me. Its much less itchy if I avoid synthetic type shower gels etc and lather on loads of moisturiser. If it was fungal then Daktacort should have whacked it. Probably best to go back to the GP and say that the Daktacort is not working can they suggest something else. In meantime try some different bath things and maybe even change laundry powders, see if that helps and slather on moisturiser. Aveeno is really good as has oats and some sort of cooling ingredient in it.

yes it is slightly silvery whiteish...hmm...i know i have to see the damn gp but they just piss me off everytime!the last time i went to gp was about 8 months ago!i hat them...but my son is more important so i will drag myself over there tmrw, thanks...any more suggestions?

prob psoriasis- I have just one patch, on foot. Is no problem most of the time. Bath emolient helps some people (oilatum) tbh, I don;t use anything really.

If the same disorder is spreading, it's probably fungal.

I would strongly recommend a homeopathist. They're particularly effective with very young children ... and you're right. Anything in a bottle from the chemist or the GP rarely works.

The treatment will probably cost about £20 to £30.00 ... it's got to be worth a try.

But source one by word of mouth/google. As in any field, some are better than others.

Sounds like ringworm to me. Not a worm btw, it's fungal. It is sometimes confused with excema as it looks very similar initially, but as it spreads, it has a ring-like appearance. And it's VERY itchy.

Mine took about 6 months of applying anti-fungal cream before it finally went.

I'd make sure towels/clothes are washed at a high temp too.

Canestan will work very nicely on it. My dd got the same thing. My gp was very surprised when I told her I was treating my dd's excema very effectively with Canestan until we realized that it wasn't actually her excema, but a fungal thing.

cheeseontoast, what did you use?

I'm afraid I can't remember the name, but it was an anti-fungal cream which also contained hydrocortisone.

I did similar to Sofia at first - thought it was excema, treated it with hydrocortisone. It improved at first, then got worse and worse, and LOTS more itchy, spreading away from the place where it originally started.

When I finally got to the GP, he took one look at it and said it was ringworm. The anti-fungal took away most of the itchiness straight away, but it took ages to go completely.

If you scratch it at all, and it's difficult to resist, you can easily spread it to any broken skin that you have.

The GP said it was quite easily caught by other family members - recommended I didn't share towels, and washed them at 60 at least. Didn't pass it on to anyone though, even though I had it for about 8 months in total.

HTH