Red Spots from Head to Toe
by Mike
I had a red spotty rash for two weeks. Expecting the worst, I visited the doctor after having red spots appear on the back of my hands which began to spread and cover my body. The first doctor thought it was contact dermatitis and gave me some weak steroid cream, which I used for a week with almost no effect. So I returned after a week and saw a different doctor who actually suspected that it was viral but referred me to dermatology who treated me like an animal and diagnosed me with lichen planus. They gave me some stronger steroid cream. After that depressing and false visit, I go home, look up lichen planus and with my high school dipolma rediagnosed myself. My rash was not at all like lichen planus, and then remembered that my sister had strep throat about two weeks before, which was right around the time I developed the rash. I figured one way or another I had contracted it but only on the skin and not exactly sure how, but after reading more I was confident in my diagnosis.
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