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Please help rash with pics

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stillawakeat4amagain · 08/10/2021 22:45

Legs have been itching a lot today and now tonight I have come out in a big rash on both arms and legs anyone know what it could be please

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:10

Anyone?

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Lockheart · 09/10/2021 00:12

Please don't take medical advice from strangers on the internet. You have no idea of anyone's qualifications or intentions.

See your doctor, or speak to a pharmacist in the morning. If you can't wait til the morning, call 111.

Freddiefox · 09/10/2021 00:13

That looks sore , I think you need to go do the doctors. Do
You have any priton

elleb21 · 09/10/2021 00:17

@stillawakeat4amagain

Legs have been itching a lot today and now tonight I have come out in a big rash on both arms and legs anyone know what it could be please

Have you shaved your legs recently. Don't take my word for it I'm not a doctor but I'm a qualified beauty therapist. If you have shaved your legs recently with a new razor or a dry razor and no soothing product then this could be a shaving rash something with like to call a strawberry rash. Try aloe Vera gel as it looks like the pores on your legs and inflamed

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:18

It's not sore just really itchy tbh, no I don't have any piriton can get some tomorrow though

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RiojaRose · 09/10/2021 00:19

That looks like the thing that happens to my legs when I take penicillin. Antihistamines sort it out. But I am not a doctor and you shouldn’t take medical advice for the internet.

RiojaRose · 09/10/2021 00:19

*from the internet

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:20

No haven't done that it's the same on my arms only thing I've done differently is taken some antibiotics for a water infection but the course ended last Sunday

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PlanDeRaccordement · 09/10/2021 00:20

I agree call 111.
So many things it could be.

elleb21 · 09/10/2021 00:21

@stillawakeat4amagain

No haven't done that it's the same on my arms only thing I've done differently is taken some antibiotics for a water infection but the course ended last Sunday

Any sort of new body washes or creams

Excitedforxmas · 09/10/2021 00:22

Could be scarletina

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:23

Nitrofurantoin was the ones I took, first time taking them no reactions to any other meds at all, would it still take a week to show up after the course has ended?

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MyPatronusIsACat · 09/10/2021 00:24

Looks like eczema @stillawakeat4amagain

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Contact your GP. They have creams and tablets for this...

Oddly, one thing that helps with the itching and burning is aftersun lotion. Especially as it often has aloe vera in it.

Maybe try some of that, until you can get a GP appointment.

elleb21 · 09/10/2021 00:25

@stillawakeat4amagain

Nitrofurantoin was the ones I took, first time taking them no reactions to any other meds at all, would it still take a week to show up after the course has ended?

No if it was an allergic reaction to that it would happen within the first day if it's an allergic reaction not a week later Have you used any new creams or body soaps

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:25

My skin is smooth not bumpy

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:27

Yeah that's what I was thinking it would be as I was taking it not a week later, I'll try and get to a pharmacist tomorrow see what they recommend, will try some after sun though, thank you all

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:29

@elleb21 nothing new no

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NiceGerbil · 09/10/2021 00:31

Looks like horrible shaving rash!

No one can know from a pic.

No temperature or feeling ill etc? V itchy? Been there a while?

If me I'd see if a piriton helps. And go GP. I'm generally not a person who says see doc much but I do think it needs a look.

Good luck!

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stillawakeat4amagain · 09/10/2021 00:42

No temp, not I'll, very itchy and just appeared tonight don't want to call 111 if I don't need to and it can wait until Monday

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ViperAtTheGatesOfDawn · 09/10/2021 01:04

Dr Google suggests that getting a rash with that antibiotic requires immediate/urgent medical advice.

People saying if it was an allergy it would be straight away are wrong. Antibiotic rash reactions and allergic reactions can be delayed.

NiceGerbil · 09/10/2021 01:08

Up tonight?! Sorry missed that.

See how it is tomorrow then. And hit up pharmacy tomorrow unless you start to feel unwell etc in which case GP.

BigPlanes · 09/10/2021 01:10

Looks like an amoxicillin reaction!

shrugshrug · 17/10/2021 09:14

How did you get on @stillawakeat4amagain ?

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