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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
Unlikely to be recurrent rash from prior exposure to chiggers. Can you post up a photo of the rash to give us a better opportunity to ID the potential cause? Since it's not itchy, could be something completely different.
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http://i.imgur.com/pWNUX1m.jpg
Here's a link to a photo of my left forearm.
It comes and goes away VERY quickly. Often within hours.
It seems to appear rarely(but with increasing frequency) during/after very high levels of physical exertion/stress.
To me, it looks just like the non-itching chigger rash(to me at least) around the bite sites(which I never had prior to the chigger bites).
To complicate matters, I've done a tour in Solomon Islands in 06/07 on Doxycycline in high risk malaria zone. Kenya/Tanzania on Doxycycling(Yellow Fever shot) and Cambodia with high risk malaria also on Doxycycline.
Both were before the chigger bites.
Since the chigger bites, I've done 3 tours of Afghanistan on Doxycycline in Spring/Autumn(more for poo dust and public health/flies than mozzies as fairly high/dry in Bamyan).
Cheers for any feedback.....my GP is stumped.