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What Do Red Rashes On The Legs Indicate?

I have a red rash looking splotches i guess you would call them kind of looks like shingles except they do not itch or blistery... i have them on my legs looks like ececema ? big round circle on the back of my calves and some red spots on my legs.... i also have a big blueish green looking bruise looking spot with soreness to the touch and it looks like it has grown in the last couples days. i thought it was just a bruise? it is located on the back of my calf right below the bend of my knee.. to get back to the eccema looking symptons i have bumps also on my elbows kind of spreading down the back of my forearm and also i have these bumps now on my forearms on the inside of my wrists.... i thought possibly that i was allergic to cardboard since i work daily with cardboard but, i am not sure.... can you possibly give me some advice
Wed, 5 Sep 2018
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Hi,

It is a complicate way to answer your question or to get a clear diagnosis with just the data you share. It would be very important to know your age, your sex, pathological background, hospitalizations, surgical interventions recently, drug use (including legal drugs), family history of inherited diseases.

Also it would be important to know the presence of another symptoms, like fever, headache, nausea or arthralgias. It is very rare to see an allergic reaction to cardboard, but it is not impossible. Allergical reactions start the eruptions on chest and back, and are itchy the most part of the time.

I suggest you get a complete hematology to start and take some aines every 8 hours plus an antihistaminic type Loratadine every 12 hours for 5 days.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,     
Dr. Luis Alberto Urdaneta Arenas
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What Do Red Rashes On The Legs Indicate?

Hi, It is a complicate way to answer your question or to get a clear diagnosis with just the data you share. It would be very important to know your age, your sex, pathological background, hospitalizations, surgical interventions recently, drug use (including legal drugs), family history of inherited diseases. Also it would be important to know the presence of another symptoms, like fever, headache, nausea or arthralgias. It is very rare to see an allergic reaction to cardboard, but it is not impossible. Allergical reactions start the eruptions on chest and back, and are itchy the most part of the time. I suggest you get a complete hematology to start and take some aines every 8 hours plus an antihistaminic type Loratadine every 12 hours for 5 days. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Luis Alberto Urdaneta Arenas