DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 90-year-old retired dentist. Until a few weeks ago, I was very healthy and active. Then, I was suddenly struck by a very itchy body. I developed a rash and was diagnosed with Grover’s disease.

Do you know of any treatments or cures for this condition? It is driving me crazy.

DEAR READER: Grover’s disease is a skin disorder that appears suddenly. It most commonly affects middle-aged white men but has been seen in children, women and people of various ethnicities.

Grover’s disease generally begins as an eruption of itchy red-brown papules...

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