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In July 2021, I had awful skin problems. It wasn’t about pimples but itchiness on my face (particularly the forehead and the T zone), the inside of the left elbow joint rather than the right one, and the neck. This itchiness had lasted for a couple of months.

Every year I have a pollen allergy with my nose, and usually it ends in June, but as written in another article, this year I had itchy eyes too, so I needed to buy an eye drop. If I used the eye drop, everything was alright.

However, the itchiness was getting gradually worse, and I sometimes saw rashes, so I thought I would need to see a doctor. I googled the allergology in Tallinn, and found that East Tallinn Central Hospital has one. I rang, and the receptionist said:

You need to talk to your family doctor first.

This is a typically troublesome way while living in the third country.

When I was in Japan, I went to a hospital which has both allergology and dermatology, so I didn’t have to think which department to choose. On the contrary, I had no idea what the cause was this time. That’s why I called the allergologist.

There is no other way but to talk to my family doctor.

I emailed him, and he asked me the details, so I explained to him the conditions and how long I had had it. Then he rang me in the afternoon of that day, and I could book an appointment next Wednesday.

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★2/July/2021
★10 Days Later…

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★2/July/2021

On Monday of this week, my face was ridiculously itchy. Suddenly I remembered bringing the dermatological medical cream from Japan, so I put it on my face.

But still itchy!

I repeated scratching my face and putting the cream on it. Eventually I took one strong medical tablet for the pollen allergy, and the itchiness was gone.

Next day, 

My iconic double eyelids were gone. 

Besides, I felt the heat on my eyes.

I was wondering if I had an allergic conjunctivitis, but the following day it was gone.

Have you experienced that your symptoms were better when going to see a doctor?

I had it on Wednesday. The rashes were mostly gone, but when I explained to the doctor, she prescribed me two medicines: 10 tablets and two tubes of a medical cream. She said if it’s worrying about the face, I could buy some medical cream for the face without any prescription.

Although I had to go to two pharmacies, I could get all of them.

The medical cream for the face  doesn’t have any rules, but other prescribed medicines have.

The tablets are called Opexa. It’s required to take one 20 minutes before the meal (in my case dinner). There are 10 tablets.

The other one is a medical cream called Fucicort. It’s big enough and contains 15g, but the doctor prescribed 2 tubes. I don’t know why.

This cream has a few rules; it’s required to put on a very small amount, and  to wash it out before putting it on again.

Also the pharmacist told me:

You also need to avoid the sun.

It’s the middle of summer right now.

Very challenging mission.

Anyway I’ll have tried them for 10 days.

I will update this article with the results in 10 days. (If I remembered.) 

★10 Days Later…

It had been 10 days since I started taking medicine and putting a medical cream on. There was no itchiness for those 10 days.

Actually, I didn’t have to check the effect of the medication for 10 days, but I had 10 tablets, so I kept checking the skin condition. In fact, on putting on the medical cream, the dryness on my neck and spots on my arms were gone, and I got beautiful skin. My face still (as of 18 of July) has a spot like a mosquito bite, but there was little itchiness, and my eyes were not swollen anymore.

Probably due to the dryness, it was slightly still itchy, but it didn’t look awful. The itchiness on my neck and arm joints were completely gone. However, I’m still concerned about the itchiness, so I put the cream on.

Of course I hadn’t finished even one medical cream tube, but I positively think that I can use it maybe next year when the itchiness will appear again.

I’m not sure if I’m patient, but I don’t go to see a doctor on seeing some physical problems. Thus, I kind of think maybe I should have been earlier, but the skin became great, and there was no problem at any summer events, so it was all right. However, I have a conclusion.

Conclusion:

A family doctor works well enough.

In Japan I went to an allergologist and dermatologist, but in Estonia your family doctor can solve the problem.

Anyway, I got my beautiful skin back, so I’m happy.

Aitäh! 🙂