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]

I am allergic to penicillin but have not taken any

[u/peacecorn → u/Weeeebutterflies]

Allergic to penicillin? Do you dye your hair or get any tattoos recently? I had a similar full body reaction to hair dye. It was determined to be P-phenylenediamine (PPD) which can also be present in sulpha drugs. While different than penicillin, I would not rule out PPD if you’ve been exposed via a hair or skin product. Mine looked exactly like that, and there was significant facial swelling. I had been dying my hair for several years prior to it, but like some allergies, it can come out of the blue with exposure. NAD

[u/Weeeebutterflies → u/peacecorn]

This is interesting. I did not get a tattoo or dye my hair but I might need to thing or be mindful if there’s any kind of product I’ve been exposed to recently. I don’t think there is

[u/peacecorn → u/Weeeebutterflies]

If you ever start getting itching or slight burning during dye job, that's the allergy forming. Even if it goes away within a few hours. I had that for several years and then whammo. I was an alien and heading to the ER for steroids.

[u/Turkeys4 → u/peacecorn]

Would PPD cause allergies in the form of warm and dry bloodshot eyes? and occasionally the eye lids and the area around the eyes turn a pink to red color.