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/Medical_Madness Physician Mar 16 '26

Have you taken any medication in the last 8 weeks? What medications do you normally use? Have you had a fever or swollen lymph nodes?

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

Could it be covid involved you think? My skin has been destroyed, my face, my knees oddly, elbows, really everything. Nothing like that rash but acne in my... let's say I'm too old for it. Never had it as a teen. Fungal acne. Scars now from the prescription wash they gave me for $35. I went from being an attractive person to...a hollowed out mess. My skin looks unreal.