Itchy, wet, or smelly cast

Overview

Wet casts can damage skin.

Smell may mean infection.

When to get medical care

Causes

Related to casts.

OwieClear has pages on 1 condition that can cause itchy, wet, or smelly cast. Each shows how soon to get care.

Common causes

• Caring for a cast, splint, or bootOften treated at home

  A cast or splint holds a broken bone still while it heals.

What you can do at home

• Keep dry.
• Use cool air for itch.

Medicines

Cast change.

At the doctor

The provider will check.

Questions you may be asked

• Symptoms

The exam

A cast check.

Tests

• None

Prevention

Cast care.

• Keep dry

Check your symptoms

Most symptoms have more than one possible cause. The symptom checker looks at all of your symptoms together, plus your age, and shows how soon to get care.

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