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Skin rash from scratching
Any condition that causes itchy skin can lead to a rash from scratching too much.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Skin rash from scratching?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Skin rash from scratching. I scarred off leftover spray tan in my breast and now I have a rash that itches and tiny puss bumps?
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A 52-year old female asked:
Skin rash and scratched appearing from no were...Only when anxious and a few minutes and it disappears?
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A 18-year old female asked:
My skin gets itchy everyday and when i scratch it, rashes are formed. What could this be?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Hi, I am having rectal itching since last 6 months. After scratching a bit hardly I am having rashes and skin damage around my hole.
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A 41-year old female asked about a male:
My son gets skin rashes that look like scratch marks. The scratch marks just appear and they are not from him scratching. What can it be?
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A female asked:
I have this rashes and every night I keep on scratching and as I scratched there is a fluid coming outI am confused if this is eczma or skin asth?
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A 25-year old asked:
I keep having skin rashes appear. My skin becomes exceptionally itchy and once scratched the area becomes inflamed in red rings of different sizes.
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A male asked:
Hi i have got red itchy rashes on my skin which turns dry when i scratch. Wat can be the cause ? I recently moved to Australia can that affect ?
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A 56-year old male asked:
I keep getting rashes all over my body very itchy now it is on my head coming up in lumps seems to get worse in winter and on my shins i will scratch?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I randomly scratch my head, my body. I got anxiety problems. No rashes nor allergies. Is it my neurological system causing this prob?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I've developed rashes in various places on my body, they look like scratches and are itchy...Located on shoulders, chest, back, head, inner thigh?
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A 33-year old male asked:
It looks like quick red rashes as if blood clotting right under the skin if i scratch somewhere with pressure or get hurt .What might be causing this?
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A 34-year old male asked about a 33-year old female:
My wife has severe whole body itching- 2 mon. When she scratches, the skin develops rashes with pimples. She took piriton&Loratadine, still not solved?
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A 18-year old female asked:
My skin gets itchy, when i scratch it, it turns to red spots. Like rashes. I don't have food allergies. What could this be?
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A 44-year old asked:
If i scratch the skin, immediately i get rashes..(i had some skin allergy a year back)whether the pain is due to high urea in blood?
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A 25-year old female asked:
My skin has been very itchy all over. Can't help scratching so have bruises/broken skin from it. Had no rashes etc prior. What can I do to stop it?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I could not stop scratching between my legs . Rashes, dark skin and feels wety between my legs , area around private par. Anus itching starting too.
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A 48-year old female asked:
For last couple of months my next door neighbor cooks orkra, I been getting burning reaction, skin rashes, allergy scratches, and sometimes throat fe?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I love having scalp and face massage got worried about HIV . If my masseuse is HIV and has bleeding hands i know he cannot penetrate my skin from scratches . But do pimple or rashes on face and scalp provide access to blood stream ? No worries ?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Hi, when i begin working out and i go on a moderate jog. I tend to break out and my skin gets very irritated causing me to have the urge to scratch like crazy. After a week or so this problem it tends to go away. Lately, this rash as been appearing at ran
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A 42-year old asked:
Rash appears when i scratch skin, what to do?
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A 44-year old asked:
I scratch my skin hard repeatly and now I have a rash. How can I quickly get rid of it?
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A 27-year old female asked:
My 7months old baby has a rash on her fore head and head, when she scratches it, it brings out fluid which spreads to other parts of the head and bring?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Sensitive skin that feels itchy periodically. No signs of any rash. Scratching doesn't feel like it. Pinching section causes needle pain. Been a week
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A 30-year old male asked:
How to differentiate between Neuropathic Itch from normal body itch?? I am having random itchiness in my body without any rash or lesions. When i scratch for relief, i sense its happening somewhere in middle layer of skin, its not that usual itch?
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A member asked:
Contagious itchy skin with no rash until scratched?
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A 27-year old female asked:
When i scratch or bump my skin, on any part of my body, a raised hot white itchy rash develops. What could cause this?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Can i get hepatitis or another infection by touching a public surface then scratching a rash and breaking skin causing it to bleed?
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A member asked:
4mo old baby have infected rash, already on antibiotics, but keeps scratching so skin takes longer to heal. What can I do to stop him scratching?
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