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Ringworm or new heroes character?!

rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Not sure what this is... I think I'm turning into a new heroes character, maybe HRG injected me or something. It showed up a couple of days ago. Has not spread or anything. It's slightly raised and upon close inspection, looks dry, almost flaky. I had some left over antifungal from tinea versicolor form some months back. But if its not Fungi then well yeah... Any ideas?

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2008
    Does it itch or burn, and has it spread?

    The best thing to do is probably call your doctor, describe it, and and try to get an appointment.

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  • TechnicalityTechnicality Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Looks like a light burn to me, but I'm no expert. Sure you didn't splash yourself with boiling water when making tea/coffee, or scrape your arm against a hot baking tray or something? I've managed to burn myself and not notice until some time later (particularly when I'm really busy with something), at which point it can be tricky to remember exactly how it happened.

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    No burn,spread,itch. Not a blister from boiling water or the like. I get that frequently because I'm careless around the oven but this is different.

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  • Enos316Enos316 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Could be Eczema. Which is basically very dry skin. Have you tried some moisturizers? I've had good luck with Eucerin.

    If those don't work a doc would probably prescribe a steroid cream of some sort.

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  • AtomBombAtomBomb Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I'm allergic to dogs and my skin is pretty reactive. When one of my dogs scratches me it looks like that. Maybe you got scrapped by something you're allergic to?

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    AtomBomb wrote: »
    I'm allergic to dogs and my skin is pretty reactive. When one of my dogs scratches me it looks like that. Maybe you got scrapped by something you're allergic to?

    Never been allergic to anything all my life except one antibiotic and it wasnt really an allergy

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  • Mike DangerMike Danger "Diane..." a place both wonderful and strangeRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    From your description, I'd have to agree with Enos. I had the same symptoms a while ago and just put some antibacterial moisturizer stuff on it. It went away in a few days.

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  • ThylacineThylacine Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It looks pretty small, it could be any number of things. As long as it doesn't get worse or grow I would just wait and see if it goes away.

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