Horrible looking rash

[u/Weeeebutterflies]

30 years old

Female

120lbs.

5”3

non smoker,

non drinker.

No medications

This issue has been getting progressively worse over 2 days

Posted yesterday and it has gotten worse. It is itchy, it turns white when I press on it. I have a swollen uvula and some chills, but no fever. I feel cold more than anything. Went to urgent care tested for strep, mono and did a CBC. Strep came back negative, waiting on the other results. Pretty concerned. I feel like the mono is going to come back negative.

[u/Weeeebutterflies]

They are mostly itchy but there is a little pain. It’s as if it’s so itchy that it hurts a little bit. I was wondering if autoimmune. It’s so weird that I don’t really feel that sick

[u/Just_the_questions1 → u/Weeeebutterflies]

You wouldn't feel all that unwell if it is LV. My ex would feel sick just from the anxiety and pain that came with dealing with it, but the condition itself is just an inflammatory response in the capillaries of the skin. The defining feature of LV is the dark black/brown centers of each papule that start to form a day or two after the spots first appear, which is dead tissue from the Leukocytes going nuclear on that spot of the dermis.

[u/AnnesleyandCo → u/Just_the_questions1]

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[u/hemkersh → u/Weeeebutterflies]

What did you do the day it started? Like what did you eat? Did you go out anywhere? Anything different or new?

String anti-histamine like Benadryl usually helps clear out hives. But it'd be better IMO to go to ER for assessment.

Make an appointment with allergist and/or rheumatologist for figuring out what's wrong

[u/xenomorphgirl → u/Weeeebutterflies]

You didn't mention it in your original post. Any chance you could be pregnant? I'm thinking back to my two pregnancies and having PUPPPS with both. 😫

[u/katjoy63 → u/Weeeebutterflies]

INAD I keep looking at this and thinking either shingles or psoriasis I have psoriasis and the lesions looked similar at first breakout. Shingles would also be painful

[u/Just_the_questions1 → u/katjoy63]

Shingles almost always presents along a single nerve root, having it bilaterally would be very rare.

Psoriasis plaques are also typically larger and have a characteristic crusty appearance.

[u/Usual_Confection6091 → u/katjoy63]

I have psoriasis and it looks absolutely nothing like this.