Pick Me Up! Special

+ Your health

INSTANT + APPOINTMENT

With Dr Deborah Lee from Dr Fox Online Pharmacy (doctorfox.co.uk)

Sea sores

Q After swimming in the sea, my skin comes up in a huge red rash. Is this something I should be worried about? Jennifer, Dorchester

A Swimmer’s itch is a common skin rash which occurs due to an allergic reaction to the larvae of parasitic flatworms that live in fresh and salt water. The proper name is cercarial dermatitis.

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