Beauty

[57babe]

On 1/5/2014 annnacat said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

Here's a link to skin rash photos.

Be forewarned -- some of these photos are <em>really</em> gross.

http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/skinrashespictures2.html

The OP needs to go to a doctor, she does not need to self-diagnose after this long and getting worse!

IMHO, it isn't "self-diagnosing" to view pictures of skin rashes.

[57babe]

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

Note: This is an over-the-counter skin cleanser but make sure to ask your doctor about it before using it.

[HappyDaze]

On 1/5/2014 sgraham30 said:

On 1/5/2014 HappyDaze said:

Good grief, go to a doctor already! The fact that it is spreading should be enough to finally get you to go. This is ridiculous to come on the board and ask for advice about this type of thing! You shouldn't even have to ask- YES, go to the doctor!

Maybe's she's made an appointment already. I couldn't get an appointment with a dermatologist for 2-3 weeks.

I hope she has but in her OP she was asking, after apparently weeks (plural!) of this and it getting worse, if she should go to the doctor or wondering if it is just a cold weather thing. So that is why I said what I said- yes, go to the doctor.

She could also try to get into her PCP if it takes that long to see a derm but again, she said this has been going on for weeks now so by now she could have seen someone.

[suzyQ3]

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

IMO, she shouldn't do anything until she sees a doctor.

And she shouldn't conclude that the rash is a result of any meds she's on either, just because some have had reactions to the ones you mentioned in your other post.

[LBandS]

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

On 1/5/2014 annnacat said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

Here's a link to skin rash photos.

Be forewarned -- some of these photos are <em>really</em> gross.

http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/skinrashespictures2.html

The OP needs to go to a doctor, she does not need to self-diagnose after this long and getting worse!

IMHO, it isn't "self-diagnosing" to view pictures of skin rashes.

Many people who look at pictures do not see them for what they are and get either inappropriately reassured or the opposite, get so frightened they cannot sleep!

When medical students look at similar pictures they do the same thing and there is a name for it "medical student's disease." So if this happens to people who should look at them what do you think happens to people with long lasting and worsening rashes!

When I was 10 years old my parents allowed me to get contact lenses. This was 46 years ago and the lenses where the small hard plastic ones. It was unusual to give them to such a young girl them (maybe still is, don't have kids) and in order to convince me not to mistreat them the optomistrist made me look at books of infected eyes for over an hour. I had nightmare for years.

Decades later I was a research director at an organization that researched a common cause of blindness. My staff used to play pranks on my by putting pictures of needles in eyes and eye surgery and I would feel up set for days because of the photos I saw when I was 10.

I am now coming close to needed cataract surgery on both eyes and I am terrified all because of those pictures I was shown unnecessarily as a child.

Do you want to be responsible for either terrifying the OP or convincing her she is okay when she is not?

Pictures of rashes are not harmless!

[LBandS]

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

If you are so intent on giving others medical advice, IOW practicing medicine without a license a felony in every state, why didn't you go to medical school?

Nothing the OP can do is appropriate, except see a real doctor ASAP!

And I know you are not one, because a licensed physician would never give advice, especially on an unseen rash, on a public board. They would lose their license!

[57babe]

On 1/5/2014 suzyQ3 said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

IMO, she shouldn't do anything until she sees a doctor.

And she shouldn't conclude that the rash is a result of any meds she's on either, just because some have had reactions to the ones you mentioned in your other post.

The first line in my post I suggested she see a dermatologist.

I agree, she should probably ask her doctor about using Chlorhexadine gluconate skin cleanser, even though it is OTC. I'll edit that into my post.

[suzyQ3]

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

On 1/5/2014 suzyQ3 said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

IMO, she shouldn't do anything until she sees a doctor.

And she shouldn't conclude that the rash is a result of any meds she's on either, just because some have had reactions to the ones you mentioned in your other post.

The first line in my post I suggested she see a dermatologist.

I agree, she should probably ask her doctor about using Chlorhexadine gluconate skin cleanser, even though it is OTC. I'll edit that into my post.

Again, JMO, but before she asks her doctor about using anything for her rash, I think she should let him or her try to figure out what's causing it.

I say that because of my experience with doctors. I have found that they are more receptive when I give them a chance to do their job before my making any suggestions.

[57babe]

On 1/5/2014 suzyQ3 said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

On 1/5/2014 suzyQ3 said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

IMO, she shouldn't do anything until she sees a doctor.

And she shouldn't conclude that the rash is a result of any meds she's on either, just because some have had reactions to the ones you mentioned in your other post.

The first line in my post I suggested she see a dermatologist.

I agree, she should probably ask her doctor about using Chlorhexadine gluconate skin cleanser, even though it is OTC. I'll edit that into my post.

Again, JMO, but before she asks her doctor about using anything for her rash, I think she should let him or her try to figure out what's causing it.

I say that because of my experience with doctors. I have found that they are more receptive when I give them a chance to to their job before my making any suggestions.

I agree with you.

I posted the information about statins side effects as a "heads up" just in case she or someone else reading here comes down with a "mystery rash" as my FIL did. Statin rashes are just one of many causes of skin rashes.

[57babe]

On 1/5/2014 annnacat said:

On 1/5/2014 57babe said:

There is a CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE anti-microbial skin cleanser/treatment for skin rashes that can be purchased OTC at most pharmacy stores. Rite Aid carries it. It's usually sold in a 4% solution. About $9 -$12. Ask the pharmacist for it. Read and follow the directions closely. For occasional use only -- not for every day cleansing.

If you are so intent on giving others medical advice, IOW practicing medicine without a license a felony in every state, why didn't you go to medical school?

Nothing the OP can do is appropriate, except see a real doctor ASAP!

And I know you are not one, because a licensed physician would never give advice, especially on an unseen rash, on a public board. They would lose their license!

This is an over-the-counter cleanser that is available without a prescription. However, I did amend my post to reflect that the OP should ask her doctor about it before using it.