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Suggest Treatment For Red Skin Patch On Upper Arm

Posted on Mon, 1 Dec 2014

Question: I started having red patches of skin on my right upper arm about ten to twenty years ago. No pain or itching noted. I went to a skin doctor who looked at it, took scrapings, and looked at them under a microscope. He could not explain it. I used the usual hydrocortisone cream without results and never went back. They turned brown and I lived with it. Now I notice it is spreading to my lower right forearm. Still painless and without pyrites. What could this be?

Answered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (35 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Kindly elaborate your query and send pictures.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for red to brown patches of skin on right upper arm and now spreading to your forearm. In view to help you best I humbly request you to kindly tell certain important points related to your problem:

- Kindly tell me your age and gender.

- Your occupation.

- Any medical illness or any drug intake.

It would be best if you can click few good resolution pictures of the spots and send it to me. For that you have a feature on the right of the page to upload the pictures. Kindly send good resolution pictures which can be magnified better and close analysis.

Tell me you job profile and any other important point which you think are important to tell me in relation to spots.

Hope to hear soon from your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD- Dermatology

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Follow up: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (12 hours later)

I am now 65, my birthdate is 12/11/48. But, this problem showed up in my 40's. I am a female. I am a retired Registered Nurse, and only work one night a week as a severe rotator cuff injury to my left shoulder occurred in December of last year. I have Ventricular Hypertrophy, hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Spinal Stenosis. Surgical hx:hysterectomy with bladder suspension, rotator cuff repair x3:one on right and two on left. Medication: Atorvastatin 20 mg/dly, Amlodipune Besylare 10 mg/dly, Premarin 1.25 mg/dly, Potassium CL ER 20 meq 3 tabs/dly, Omeprazole 20 mg/dly, Gabapentin 600 mg bid, Oxybutynin CL ER 5 mg q hs, Lorcet HD 10/325 q 6 hs pen pain, Glucosamine Chondroitin 2/dly, Acidophilus 1/dly. I am allergic to Accupril, and Percodan. That's about it as far as I can remember.

I took pictures, but I am unable to send them, as I am not tech savy. Sorry!

Answered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Email the pictures or take help of customer care

Detailed Answer:
Dear Madam,

Welcome again to the forum and thanks for sending all the details.

As you are into our medical profession so you must be knowing that in dermatology it is of utmost importance to either examine the area personally or by good resolution pictures.

So I request you very humbly to either take help of your known person or our customer care for the same. The customer care at USA is: +1-718-340-3660

I request you to kindly upload few good resolution pictures of your affected areas so that I can analyze it better. For uploading the pictures you have a facility on the right side of the page OR Otherwise also to simply the issue you can send on:

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with "attention:Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia"

Hope to hear soon from your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD- Dermatology

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar