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Have A Small Rash Which Appears Here And The Which Later Goes Off But It Repeats. What Could This Be?

a month or so ago I had a small rash near the middle of my chest and after a while it went away and another one appeared on my shoulder at first I thought I had ring worm because looks slightly like a ring but it s not spreading our getting worse and doesn t itch much recently though my bo is very strong and smells like onions what could this be?
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Hi i think u are suffering from pityriasis rosaseae which is a viral infection which presents as preceding upper respiratory tract infection followed by formation of herald patch and a maculopapular rash which is. nonitchy and lesions resemble tinea infection.
It can be cured by althrocin 500 mg twice daily and application of calosoft lotion in the morning and flutivatte ointment in the night can cure the condition.
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Have A Small Rash Which Appears Here And The Which Later Goes Off But It Repeats. What Could This Be?

Hi i think u are suffering from pityriasis rosaseae which is a viral infection which presents as preceding upper respiratory tract infection followed by formation of herald patch and a maculopapular rash which is. nonitchy and lesions resemble tinea infection. It can be cured by althrocin 500 mg twice daily and application of calosoft lotion in the morning and flutivatte ointment in the night can cure the condition.