Anonymous

3 years

Skin redness and boil

Hi, I have a red raised skin lesion on my lower leg. I have used fucidic acid/bethametasone cream for a few weeks as prescribed by my GP, but it doesn’t look like it’s resolved, and it did not get better either.

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Based on your description, there are several causes of your skin conditions such as:

  • folliculitis
  • acne
  • allergic dermatitis
  • insect bites

If your skin condition is not improving, this may be due to:

  • misdiagnosis
  • resistant to antibiotic
  • inappropriate antibiotics

In order for us to provide you with an accurate choice of treatment and management, we need additional details to explore further into your current complaints. Therefore, we greatly suggest that you refer this to your nearest medical doctor. You may also click on this link (DoctorOnCall) to speak with our doctors online for free. We assure you that our conversations are kept in confidentiality unless additional consultation needed with other medical parties. Thank you.

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