Weird red dots on my skin... what are they?


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Ive had these stupid dots (all over me) for about 3 weeks now. I went to the hospital, 3 doctors examined it and (i guess they were either not used to seeing rashes or were completely clueless) and had no idea what was wrong. They took one of em out and sent it for a biopsy, which means in 2 weeks i get the results, then in another week i get to see a dermatologist and another week before it clears up. Thats another month i have to deal with the stupid dots all over my face...

I went to see another doctor today and he said they were chicken pox. But then again, I really dont think he is a very good doctor because ive already had chicken pox (im aware you can get them again), and the symptoms last 5-7 days max.

So im hoping maybe from neowin has experienced something like this or knows something about it. They are approx 0.5cm big, circular, raised (not flat on my skin), not itchy at all and they dont hurt. Any idea what it could be?

Herpes?

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mess with the bitches, you get the itches.

:laugh:

And kriz is that the lostprophets in your sig? If it is...that is awesome. They kick so much ass...

I could be completly wrong about who that is though...

I just saw that the group kinda looked like them and that you are from the UK and I think thats where they are from sooo...

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My wife had a rash...doctor said it was extremely rare...some sort of transient infection or something...not serious and it passed after two or three weeks...

One of the distinguishing features were sloping lines of dots across your back. Almost like someone draped lines of a light rash across it.

Forget what it was called tho...

Hmm...oh! It started as a circular red spot about the size of a half dollar. That was the first thing she noticed. It was a self-limiting illness and she didn't have any symptoms other than the rash.

Good luck...keep going to the doctors...and don't miss a health-insurance payment ;)

G

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Heres some more info.

It is not related to an STD at all..

It is not because ive hit puberty as some kids may have suggested (im 19)

THREE doctors looked at it, its not something like pimples.

All dots are 0.5-0.7 cm big, not any bigger. Its mostly on the top half of my body.

I have no severe flu or illness

They arent itchy at all

So we can cancel out

AIDS

Syphyllis

Pseudomonas

Smallpox

Chicken pox

Ebola

Measles

SARS

etc

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It could be eczema or rosacea. Neither are to be very concerned about I wouldn't think. My mom went to a few doctors before they correctly diagnosed eczema. It looks very similar to what you are describing. You might just be sensitive to some sort of soap or laundry detergent.

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yep just because you have had chicken pox does not mean you can no longer got it you are still at risk of contracting it

true, but it is characteristic of chicken pox to be itchy

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It could be eczema or rosacea. Neither are to be very concerned about I wouldn't think. My mom went to a few doctors before they correctly diagnosed eczema. It looks very similar to what you are describing. You might just be sensitive to some sort of soap or laundry detergent.

ive noticed both eczeme and rosacea have spots that are less sparsed in some areas compared to others.. like on the face they will come together to make an "area" of infection whereas the other parts of the face are fine.

my dots appear completely randomly, theres no pattern

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