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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 09/14/04 - 23:44 Post subject: Little Red Bumps
I just noticed that I had some bumps on my shoulder blade and a few on my chest. They're bunched together in small clusters. It looks like bites from redbugs or chiggers, but it doesn't itch at all. I cleaned it with some alcohol, but should I do anything else? What could they be? I've had kind of a rash-like feeling under my left armpit, but there are no bumps there so I'm not sure it's related.
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bonobo
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Posted: 09/15/04 - 01:34 Post subject:
 Pssst! M. E. has coooooties.
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suburbman
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Posted: 09/15/04 - 08:31 Post subject:
Do you think it might be from running at all? I know I get little bubbles on my skin after excercising which are very small and only noticeable if I look closely and simply scratching my fingers over them, they pop and dissapear.
Maybe it's something similar?
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duathlon
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Posted: 09/15/04 - 14:54 Post subject:
From your Jersey and a mildly allergic reaction to it ?... or do you wear a t-shirt.. Could juts be abrasion/chaffing I guess...
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/15/04 - 15:33 Post subject:
| duathlon wrote: | | From your Jersey and a mildly allergic reaction to it ?... or do you wear a t-shirt.. Could juts be abrasion/chaffing I guess... |
Nah, definitely not chafing. It really does look like redbug bites, when I saw it that was the first thing that came to mind. I guess it's something similar that doesn't itch? Who knows... if it doesn't go away by Friday I'll have the free clinic check it out.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/17/04 - 15:41 Post subject:
It had actually spread a little so I went to the doctor today. He said it was shingles, and it should last about a week. Just in case anyone was curious.
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Kimba90
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Posted: 09/17/04 - 19:07 Post subject:
Huh! Shingles can be a very serious disease..I don't mean to scare you.
"Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the chickenpoxvirus that remains in the nerve roots of all persons who had chickenpox and can come out in your body again years later to cause illness.
Shingles is more common after the age of 50 and the risk increases with advancing age. Shingles causes numbness, itching or severe pain followed by clusters of blister-like lesions in a strip-like pattern on one side of your body. The pain can persist for weeks, months or years after the rash heals and is then known as post-herpetic neuralgia."
Typically, shinges can originate in an area around a nerve ending. But your rash has not bothered you? Did the doc give you anything for it? PM if you want to talk, I'm a pharmacist, I'm always interested in ailments.
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bonobo
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Posted: 09/18/04 - 01:31 Post subject:
Yikes! Sorry 'bout the shingles diagnosis. Kimba speaks the truth -- anyone I've known that's had it has had a long recovery. Hope it goes away soon!
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Posted: 09/19/04 - 19:33 Post subject:
Wow, yeah shingles is hardly heard of in younger people. How you have a speedy recovery.
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shelee
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Posted: 09/26/04 - 13:15 Post subject:
If you find out, let me know...I get these from running too and just figured my skin was irritated from the sweat.
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 19:21 Post subject:
how are the shingles MED?
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 19:34 Post subject:
| JACKED UP wrote: | | how are the shingles MED? |
thats what i was wondering...
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alyson98
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 20:00 Post subject:
Can't shingles be stress induced?
I really hope they go away quickly for you. From what I read about them a couple of weeks ago was that they can be very painful!
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/29/04 - 22:17 Post subject:
They're gone. Monday was my first run without a shirt since I had them. You can still see where they were, but they it isn't ugly anymore. No pain, an occasional itch (maybe twice a day?), and no more medication. I'm supposed to go back to the doctor soon as a follow-up, but I figure it's over.
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Posted: 09/30/04 - 05:52 Post subject:
good to hear. They can be so much worse. You were lucky.
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