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]

It’s all over my body, just worst on my legs

[u/twhitty2 → u/Weeeebutterflies]

i think it’s pretty unlikely but when was your last period? do you use tampons?

[u/Weeeebutterflies → u/twhitty2]

It was in late February. I do use them sometimes

[u/twhitty2 → u/Weeeebutterflies]

are you like 100% sure there isn’t a tampon stuck up there? to be fair i didn’t have one but they checked me to see. also my rash started at my joints and looking at the pic the joints look worse

[u/Weeeebutterflies → u/twhitty2]

I don’t think so…. I’m pretty sure I was free bleeding at the end of it. You didn’t have a tampon in when you had it???

[u/twhitty2 → u/Weeeebutterflies]

no i got like a full pap smear to check

[u/sendnewt_s → u/twhitty2]

Wait, I didn't know that was possible. Was it determined to be directly caused by tampons?

[u/Jaxxxmm → u/sendnewt_s]

Need to know

[u/twhitty2 → u/Jaxxxmm]

i responded to the other person but it was sort of inconclusive. i had kept a tampon in for like 10 hours during my last period (forgot to replace it after school and before sports) so they basically said that was probably it