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Is this serious?
A couple of weeks I notices a dry flakiness on the underside of my penis. I used some clinical moisturizer and it went away quickly (That may be unrelated by I included it just in case). About a week later, after a shower, I noticed that around my thumbs and palms, small whitish circular bumps of flakiness had formed on both hands. The bumps are open and upon gently rubbing, skin flakes away. It reminded me of the incident a week ago so I got concerned they may be related/serious.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
Without examination,confirmation of a diagnosis is tough but such symptoms can be due to pityriasis rosea.
Pityriasis rosea is a common human skin disease which presents as numerous patches of pink or red oval rash. The rash may be accompanied by low-grade headache, fever, nausea and fatigue and sometimes by itching.
No treatment is usually required. In most patients, the condition lasts only a matter of weeks or months(upto six months).But you can still apply mild steroid cream like Dermacort or antibiotics like Neopsporin on the rash.
If still the symptoms do not improve then pls get a clinical examination done by a dermatologist.
Hope it helps.Take care and pls do keep me posted on how you are doing or if you have any additional queries.Kind regards.
Without examination,confirmation of a diagnosis is tough but such symptoms can be due to pityriasis rosea.
Pityriasis rosea is a common human skin disease which presents as numerous patches of pink or red oval rash. The rash may be accompanied by low-grade headache, fever, nausea and fatigue and sometimes by itching.
No treatment is usually required. In most patients, the condition lasts only a matter of weeks or months(upto six months).But you can still apply mild steroid cream like Dermacort or antibiotics like Neopsporin on the rash.
If still the symptoms do not improve then pls get a clinical examination done by a dermatologist.
Hope it helps.Take care and pls do keep me posted on how you are doing or if you have any additional queries.Kind regards.
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