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Originally Posted by Flagg
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.
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I'd second the exercise-induced urticaria vs. cholinergic urticaria mentioned earlier given the association with exercise. The rash may be more widespread if you were to strip down and take a look. No shortness of breath/difficulty breathing or lightheadedness? Any swelling of the arms/legs?
Any family history of autoimmune disease?
If you take an antihistamine (diphenhydramine or acrivastine) prior to exercise does the rash still occur?
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