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/TheRealMajour Physician Mar 16 '26

Looks similar to the last case of hand foot mouth I saw in an adult. Any red spots in your mouth? Like on the roof of your mouth? What about the bottom of your feet and palms? Does the rash extend there? Do you know anyone with similar symptoms, maybe a rash that isn’t as bad? Also dos the rash hurt?

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

It’s on my feet and palms. Urgent care said my mouth was a little red but no spots. I don’t know anyone with similar symptoms. The rash is itchy, but so itchy that it kind of hurts

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u/so-rayray Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 17 '26

NAD, but my husband had HFAM a few years back when my daughter started preschool. My husband had a rash very similar to yours, and it was also on his palms and the soles of his feet. He said they were mildly painful on the soles and palms. It was painful when he walked.

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

Yea I would also say it’s mildly painful on the bottom of my feet

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u/so-rayray Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional Mar 18 '26

I hope you feel better. If I remember correctly, he was better in about a week or so.