my husband on his 2 chemo on autoimmune treatment he got a rash that's cover most of his body inches very red some areas little raised areas but no temp with it as garden nope too sleepy not done any eating sort of well ish but nothing new been to chemist got pertain tabs and cream but does not seam to help as its spreading any ideas what it could be we looked up a reaction to meds but he been on this for 3 weeks now so no sign of that any ideas what it could be
Hi onos
Sorry to hear about your husband . Can you tell me the name of his treatment .
Some of the targeted treatments like Cetuximab cause a rash but the hospital team would help your husband to manage this rather than a local chemist . The hospital has pharmaceutical department and they give antibiotics and specific creams to help .
If you have the contact details for the chemo team I would give them a call as they have on call staff who could help him .
Take care ,
Court
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