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"It's the season for skin infections and we don't have creams or ointments for bacterial infections, no medicines to treat scabies and head lice."

The family of a disabled teenager desperate to source a discontinued ointment said those selling it at inflated prices were "morally corrupt".

For more severe discomfort, Hu suggests using thicker lubricating gels or ointments at bedtime, though these may temporarily blur vision.

“This was a brief moment when he was trying some sort of topical hair ointment,” Finneas says, “and so he was like, ‘Can you do this every day?’”

But a few days later it was discovered that the medication was given to the colt in ointment for a rash on his hind quarters.