Guest guest Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 This is my daughter. Mosquitos love her and unfortunately, we live right next to a marsh. Summertime is difficult, as you can imagine. She, too, is covered in craters, mostly on her legs. Scars are everywhere. I wish we had a solution to share. We don't. Her pediatrician said to put hydrocortisone cream on each bite so at least the itching will stop and perhaps the urge to scratch. As far as the fingernails go, they are just horrible, bitten all the way down and more in some cases. All of her cuticles are infected. We find push pins laying around in her bathroom. We think she digs at her nails. I would love to find a way for this to stop. > > Hi all, > > I haven't written in a while. My daughter, 10 in 3 weeks, was attacked by a > dog on New Year's Eve. Ever since then her OCD has gotten much worse. We > have increased her dose of Zoloft from 37.5 to 100mg since the incident. I > am sure that prepubescence also plays a role. My biggest problem with her > now is she just can't stop digging holes in her scabs. She picks and picks > and digs. Then she lies about it. She says she scraped it on something > (meanwhile she has that guilty look about lying) She looks like she has > craters all over. It is disgusting let alone the opportunity for infection. > It makes me ill to think what she does. She can't stop. Her nails are short > but she manages anyway. She is a smart, beautiful girl with craters all over > her body. I have tried to explain about the infection, I have tried > ignoring it. Does anybody have a similar problem and how do you deal with > it? > > Lynne D. In NY > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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