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6mo itchy under chin and on neck

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Anticyclone · 26/02/2015 14:39

Our 6 month old has started scratching incessantly under his chin and around his throat. It's red raw and we've been trying to sooth it with sudocrem but the itching is making him grumpy.

Is this most likely to be excess dribble getting caught in his skin folds and causing irritation? That's what we're thinking at the moment.

Is there anything else we can do other than sudocrem? We're already putting some mild steroid cream on his cheeks for eczema, and using emollient, but not on his neck...

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TheFecklessFairy · 26/02/2015 17:08

I think you will find he has intertrigo - this is a fungal infection deep within the crevices of skin. I would take him to your GP and get some anti-fungal cream. If you run your finger under his chin does it smell faintly of cheese?

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