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Red Rash On Lower Legs, Occurring Occasionally For 20 Years

After waking about 12 miles yesterday a red rash has appeared on my lowers legs. I was wearing long trousers and gaiters. I walked again to day about the same distance and the rash is about the same. This has happened occasionally for the past 20 years and it disappears after a day or so. Some people refer t it asw hikers rash.
Tue, 12 Nov 2013
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Its a form of small vessel vasculitis. Confirmation of diagnosis is by skin biopsy and H& E staining as well as by Immunoflorescence
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Red Rash On Lower Legs, Occurring Occasionally For 20 Years

Its a form of small vessel vasculitis. Confirmation of diagnosis is by skin biopsy and H& E staining as well as by Immunoflorescence