What kind of rash is this?

August 11, 2016 4:45 PM

My Lady Friend has a rash on her leg above the top of her foot. Does anyone have any idea what this could be. No pain and no itching either She hasn't been exposed to poison ivy. Thanks in advance for any help
posted by lynnwilson120 to Health & Fitness (9 answers total)

That... is not enough information for even the wildest of guesses. A picture might help?
posted by brainmouse at 4:47 PM on August 11, 2016

Can you maybe find a picture that sort of resembles it? Different rashes look different.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:47 PM on August 11, 2016

Response by poster: This is link to pic. It didn't show up in my original question
posted by lynnwilson120 at 4:47 PM on August 11, 2016

Is this a rash she's had for 15 months? Or gets repeatedly? Because that's a lot different than "just showed up 2 hours ago". She needs to go talk to a doctor.
posted by brainmouse at 4:51 PM on August 11, 2016 [10 favorites]

Best answer: Yeah, she needs to see a doctor. Start wirh a GP, escalate to dermatologist if necessary. That picture could be practically anything. This is what doctors are for.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 5:26 PM on August 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

IANAD but it looks like a mild case of shingles. While shingles is usually painful, sometimes it isn't.
posted by kbar1 at 10:46 PM on August 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

Does it disappear when you roll a glass on it? It looks like a petechial rash to me. I've had one before, also on my feet/ankles. I freaked out a bit because it's like a meningitis rash! But my husband pointed out i was otherwise well and a GP told me it was a reaction to a virus i was getting over. She should see a Dr.
posted by intergalacticvelvet at 4:06 AM on August 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

It could be so many things. I have a mild sun allergy and get rashes that look like that during the summer before I develop a tan. But that itches...
posted by cecic at 6:08 AM on August 12, 2016

FWIW, I had shingles recently and that's not what my rash looked like, i.e., my rash was a cluster of blisters by my knee, a couple of inches across. The rash didn't bother me at all, but was preceded by a couple of weeks of odd pains from my foot through my hip. (This was my only experience with shingles, so take that into consideration.)
posted by she's not there at 8:01 PM on August 12, 2016