Friday, November 18, 2011

I don't think it's poison ivy?

Last summer, I got this big rash on the top of my right arm, and it looked like poison ivy. The thing is, I react to poison ivy very badly, and it spreads everywhere. I know I scratched this rash a lot when I was sleeping and it never spread. The doctor tried telling me it was poison ivy, and gave me a cream to get rid of it. It helped a little, but the rash keeps coming back either on my legs or my arms. Right now I have a small spot the underside of my right arm, and it looks like a poison ivy rash but that can't be what it is, I haven't been near poison ivy plants in like a year. Someone told me poison ivy can get in your bloodstream and pop up sometimes, and I don't know if that's true, but still, you'd think it would spread if that's what it really was. What do you think it could be?

I don't think it's poison ivy?
This happened to my hubby. Long suffering story, it turns out he was allergic to something he ate and broke out in a small rash. Then he put cortisone cream on it and he is REALLY allergic to it. The doc gave him a prescription cream and cleared it up. When he gets the little rashes now (cause he just won't quit eating those strawberries) he takes a over the counter Claritin and that usually takes care of it. Maybe try one? My 12 year old takes them sometimes so they are not too strong.
Reply:the first time you broke out the doctor told you it was p ivy and it probably was, however the ivy most likely triggered a new and different alergy so it be best that you dont see your reg. dr. but set up an appointment with a specialist that will get the whole thing monitored and solved before you possibly give it to your best friend or it turns into something that you cant deal with normally,.........do it now ,why wait. ?
Reply:Probably a rash, but there is a skin condition (which is part of a herpes zoster virus or something like that). It's itchy and can kind of look like cold sores, but on your arms/legs/or even your bottom......it's very contagious. You may want to rule that out. They can do a simple biopsy to see what it is.

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