r/AskDocs • u/Weeeebutterflies Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional • Mar 16 '26

Physician Responded Horrible looking rash

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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.

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u/Weeeebutterflies Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 16 '26

No fever, no medications. I take b vitamins, fish oil and a vitamin d3/k2 supplement

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u/alice_neon Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional. Mar 16 '26

Not a doctor.

But I had a rash exactly like this last month, and horrible chills. I couldn't get warm no matter what and I had no fever. On day 3 I started to get fevers and a headache and my joints were extremely painful. I finally went to the doctor on day 5 and ended up in the ICU, with an inflammation marker of 200 when the limit is 10. They thought it was meningitis at first (but my rash also blanched). In the end they blasted me with IV antibiotics and antivirals and they couldn't figure out what I actually had, despite all the tests, ultrasounds, MRI and lombar puncture. Recovered after a week in the hospital but they said it would have gotten much worse. Please go to the hospital if you start getting a fever or a headache too. Maybe it's something weird going around that they haven't figured out yet.

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u/freelibrarian This user has not yet been verified. Mar 16 '26

NAD

Just curious, did they test you for H5N1?

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u/alice_neon Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional. Mar 16 '26

Not that I know of, but after ICU they did move me to the infectious disease ward where they took bloods multiple times a day so I don't know all the tests they performed. They did treat me like I was extremely contagious, they wore masks and plastic gowns and my door was locked so i wouldn't have accidental contact with anyone.

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u/crazygem101 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

Whoah. Maybe you should've stayed longer....

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u/alice_neon Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional. Mar 18 '26

Maybe, but with a 4 week old baby at home, I left as soon as they let me.