Drs. Paul G. Donohue and Keith Roach Comments Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: We have cottage on a lovely lake, and we spend the entire summer there. It takes my husband close to two hours to commute to his work, but he doesn't mind. This summer, two of my children all of a sudden broke out in a terribly itchy red rash. It appeared soon after they got out of the water. It suddenly went away, but it came back again. I used alcohol on the rash. My kids said it did lessen the itch. I was trying to decide if I should take them to the doctor, but the rash completely left in two days, and they never felt sick. What was this? R.R. Dear R.R.: I should have answered this in the summer. More people could...
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