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Skin Infection in the neck region
Few days back I got scratched by the nail of a friend,on the neck region i cleansed it with detol and then i took 1 citrazine tablet but the infection has increased,firstly the rash was red but now it has whites spots and brittles.
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Probably it got secondarily infected.. send photos for proper diagnosis and treatment
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