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What Causes A Sunburn Like Rash On The Face?
Question: I woke with a burn like rash on face (eyelid, sides of nose, surrounding the mouth and one side of chin). No puss. It's itchy and feels like it is burning. It first appeared when I had double pneumonia, sinus infection and ear infection. I used the cream given by doc, desonide. It dried it up but skin was all flaky and I was unable to remove flakes. Used for 10 days as directed. What looked like burns did not go away as the redness was still quite visible but looked somewhat better and no longer burned. Two days after cream use ended it is back and worse than ever. It itches, burns and no relief. I have typically normal skin, some t zone oil but not much. There has been no new products used for face or laundry etc. Urgent care doc keeps telling me she does not know what it is. About five years ago maybe 8 I did have a Rosales spot dermatologist gave cream never had another. I was recently diagnosed with diabetes donor sure if this has anything to do with it.
Brief Answer:
Keep doing the above tests and see the specialists
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking i HCM.
I gone through your question and i am trying to give you some informations to help you.
According to the history you explain it is not the first time for you to experience these problems.
In my opinion based in your data the most important clue in all of this is diabetes.
Are you treating it correctly or not?
Usually the diabetic patients do several infections as a result of the imunocompromise status they have due to diabetes.So the first thing to do is to see the endocrinologist and the dermatologist to collaborate together.They probably advice you to do the follow tests:
Antibiogram,
Viral testes,
Hemogram,
CRP,
ESR
HbA1c
Culture of the skin specimen area involved
Probably the diabetes is not so well controlled.
After the results the relevant specialists will decide for the best treatment choice.
Keep doing the above tests and see the specialists
Wish you a fast recovery
Dr.Jolanda
Keep doing the above tests and see the specialists
Detailed Answer:
Hello and thank you for asking i HCM.
I gone through your question and i am trying to give you some informations to help you.
According to the history you explain it is not the first time for you to experience these problems.
In my opinion based in your data the most important clue in all of this is diabetes.
Are you treating it correctly or not?
Usually the diabetic patients do several infections as a result of the imunocompromise status they have due to diabetes.So the first thing to do is to see the endocrinologist and the dermatologist to collaborate together.They probably advice you to do the follow tests:
Antibiogram,
Viral testes,
Hemogram,
CRP,
ESR
HbA1c
Culture of the skin specimen area involved
Probably the diabetes is not so well controlled.
After the results the relevant specialists will decide for the best treatment choice.
Keep doing the above tests and see the specialists
Wish you a fast recovery
Dr.Jolanda
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