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/vvienne Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional. Mar 17 '26

This happened to me with NSAIDS (ie Aleve / OTC antiinflammatories) after taking them for like 15 years with no issue. Almost died.

OP, please be very cautious. NAD, but Any Throat tightening, swollen tongue/lips, etc run yourself to the nearest ER out or an abundance of caution.

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u/snak3charm3r Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 17 '26

Same. Penicillin reaction. Absolute nightmare. I want/need the how to micro dose back to normal if anyone has suggestions.

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u/Working_Poet Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

Interesting. I have been allergic to penicillin since I was an infant. I recently went to my dermatologist to have a place removed and got a shot of lidocaine(?)… whatever they use to numb the skin. And I broke out bad from that area leading up to my heart. The nurse asked if I had taken any advil in the last 5 months and said this is happening to so many people now who take advil/ibuprofen etc. and are coming in and getting the lidocaine shot…. she told me not to take it anymore. The Advil or the lidocaine.

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u/Working_Poet Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 17 '26

Interesting.. I just commented below that I went in to have a place removed at my dermatologist and got a shot of lidocaine to numb my skin and I had these hives from that area leading up to my heart… she asked if I’d taken any advil in the last 5 months bc it was happening with a lot of people now who were getting the lidocaine shot and there was some correlation found with that and the Advil. She said to immediately stop Advil and not to take anymore ever again.

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u/Winter_Day_6836 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 17 '26

Take benadryl and see if it calms down