I have a weird rash, should I see a Dr?
answers 0:I have had a small rash on my chest that resembles a light sunburn for the past 2 months or so. It's about 6 inches wide and 4 inches tall, right in the middle of my chest. Odd tree like shape in the 'cleavage' area that follows the hemlines of the A-shirt's I always wear under other shirts. It does not itch or hurt and after getting some sun you can't tell it is even there. Back-story: It showed up a few weeks after a really bad sore throat I had (early April) went away (sore throat for 5-6 days) but because it does not itch or hurt I left it alone. The other day I went to a pool party and when when I got home I noticed I have the same type of 'rash' on my back but it's smaller spots this time not a solid patch. I wore the a-shirt all day that day and the spots are concentrated on the small of my back. The sore throat/fever was caught from a girl I met at a wedding back in April, we 'went down' on each other and I did not use a dental dam. I asked her if she had been sick and she said she had strep a couple months ago so I assumed that's what it was and did not seek treatment and it went away on it's own (no insurance). It's been really hot here so I was thinking it was heat rash but after looking up symptoms I think I have Pityriasis rosea which is really freaking me out due to the fact that it can be caused by virus' like STD's! I'm planning on spending the few hundred bucks it'll take to run a full panel of STD tests but if anyone can offer me any more information it would be greatly appreciated. I'm freaking out!...Show more
answers 1:See a doctor! Nobody on here can truly answer what it is!
answers 2:If I were you, I would go see a doctor. Specifically, a dermatologist since they're the ones who deal with skin. No one on here can truly tell you what it is because most of us aren't doctors, and in the off chance that one of us IS a doctor, they haven't seen your rash, so they couldn't tell you whats wrong anyways.
answers 3:yes you should see a doctor
answers 4:I have the same problem. At 23 weeks i had rashes all over my belly that itches like crazy. It lasted 3 weeks. I don't know if it was the cocoa butter creme I was allergic to kuz it started appearing right after the next day when I used it. Then couples weeks ago..i went to camp and had to put bug off spray on my arms and legs...then i started itching but of course didn't think anything of it, thought I was just having itchy skin. I came home from camp and noticed lil tiny bumps on my arms that blends in with my skin and it was really itchy...and couple days later it turned a bit red in some areas that looks like rash. I have it on both of my arms right now. And on both of my ankles i have lil pimples looking kinda thing that kinda itches too. I just put some ointment that my OB prescribed me when I had that bad RASH on my belly. I hope it goes away soon because the itching is really driving me crazy and making me irritated and plus this hot weather. My fiance keeps telling me it's just the pregnancy hormones thats making my skin like this and it will go away after I give birth. Im hoping he is right....
