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Could Reappearing And Migrating Confluent Macular Rash On Body Be Viral Infection?

I ve had these confluent macular rash for about 8 years now. The puzzling thing is it migrates literally. it was initially noticed on the medial aspect of my forearm towards the elbow, but now it s on the lateral aspect but closer to the shoulder. It hasn t been constantly there, for months on end it would have disappeared only to reappear later. What is it? A viral thing?
Wed, 5 Feb 2014
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Hi,

I can understand your concern for the reappearing and migrating confluent macular rash on body. I can make a possibility of Allergic dermatitis. In Allergic dermatitis there are eruptions along with moderate itching and in more aggravated cases there is appearance of more redness which persist for more than multiple of days.

It can not be viral rash as viral rash is always accompanied with fever and systemic symptoms.

The only precaution you must follow is not to touch, pinch pop or squeeze any of them other wise it can get infected and can cause complications.

You can apply medium potency steroid cream application of fluticasone cream. You can additionally take antihistamine benadryl or loratadine by mouth. Go for your routine blood test and check for any abnormality in blood profile.

Take care.
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Could Reappearing And Migrating Confluent Macular Rash On Body Be Viral Infection?

Hi, I can understand your concern for the reappearing and migrating confluent macular rash on body. I can make a possibility of Allergic dermatitis. In Allergic dermatitis there are eruptions along with moderate itching and in more aggravated cases there is appearance of more redness which persist for more than multiple of days. It can not be viral rash as viral rash is always accompanied with fever and systemic symptoms. The only precaution you must follow is not to touch, pinch pop or squeeze any of them other wise it can get infected and can cause complications. You can apply medium potency steroid cream application of fluticasone cream. You can additionally take antihistamine benadryl or loratadine by mouth. Go for your routine blood test and check for any abnormality in blood profile. Take care.