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Can anyone please PLEASE help me? I went to the doctor’s yesterday and diagnosed my rash as pityriasis rosea. He told me to apply anti-itch cream onto the rash and to take benyrdal at night. He said that it could last any where from 4-12 weeks!!!! So far the rash is mainly on my arms and I have been wearing long sleeve shirts, but it seems to be spreading…ON MY FACE. It looks awful. I’ve had the herald or “mother patch” for about 2 weeks, and the rash has started about 4 days ago, any guess as to how much longer i’ll have this rash? Or is there a way to shorten the duration of this…. Click Here to Read More

Hello, I would like to ask a question here as I am currently living in the Caribbean where the health system and doctors are not very reliable most of the time. About 2 weeks ago I discovered a red, itchy, round spot on my upper back. It is right on a tattoo, so I couldn’t see it very well, but it was slightly swollen with a higher edge. Several days later I got some small red spots all over my back, chest, sides, bikini zone and legs. They looked like mosquito bites or pimples, some of them are itching. I went to the doctor, who told me it was Pityriasis Rosea, when I asked him if it could…. Click Here to Read More

I’m about 99% sure I have this. I’m not one of those people who has a chronic issue with self-diagnosis. But, I got this spot a few weeks ago, and thought it was eczema. Once it started spreading, I started looking through all of the skin issues known to man, and found Pityriasis Rosea which, to the T, looks like what I have. I read that it poses a threat in pregnancy, especially when developed in the first 15 weeks (which it was) and can lead to miscarriage, late fetal loss, muscle weakness (post-birth) low birth weight, and premature birth. I can’t get to a dermatologist for a few weeks…. Click Here to Read More

I started to get more smaller ones around my breast, stomach, and back. now I have on my arms is not a lot but noticeable and very itchy too. So i started checking online for rashes and compering them to mine.the closes one to me is pityriasis rosea . So now i am creeping and now decided to go to the doctor to see what it is. I am 10 weeks pregnant and I have read about this condition and i am concerned about the baby. Is it that bad to have this disease while…. Click Here to Read More

i believe ive had Pityriasis rosea for more then 5 years ive only treated it with anti fungus cream it seems to go away then come back ive been tested for vds within those years but tested negitive. Its all over my back, groin, upper arms and chest. Looks identical to pics online of pityriasis rosea. Also inflames with heat, such as comming out of the…. Click Here to Read More

My little brother has ALOT of these ringworms around his body…well they look like ringworms excpet they each have a scab in the middle of it. They’re on his arms, legs, and thighs, his face is breaking out too! We havent went to the doctor yet because he says they dont itch they’re just scabbed up. He never experienced any bleeding he just has scabs with a ring of bumps around them. Pityriasis rosea is similar to this but it starts off with this giant patch of ringworm which he doesnt have and pityriasis rosea doesnt have scabs on none of the little areas around his body. I dont know if its…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionA 40-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of a diffuse pruritic rash. The patient denied having had fever, chills, or a recent respiratory infection. He could not recall having an initial patch. Physical examination revealed numerous small, scaly patches on his trunk (figure 1). The rash spared the palms of his hands and soles of his feet as well as the distal extremities.Original Publication Date: May 2003Product DescriptionA 40-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of a diffuse pruritic rash. The patient denied having had fever, chills, or a recent…. Click Here to Read More

It is my understanding that this is unusual. I had once about 10yrs ago and definately am having it again. Should I be concerned because this is…. Click Here to Read More

I just got diagnosed with eczema and pityriasis rosea. The doctor said that my skin is so sensitive that with some of my allergies i have breakouts. Like i noticed with generic brand of olay ribbons body wash makes my pityriasis very bad and very itchy. So i was thinking about going all hypoallergenic. Aveeno kind of things? like lotions and soaps and detergents that are dye and perfume free. Did that help anybody who had the same thing? or would i just be wasting money. Or what other things did you guys try other than aveeno that helped….. Click Here to Read More

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has anyone ever had pityriasis rosea, and if so how long did it take to clear up??? where there any complications and what were your symptoms??? i was recently diagnosed with it and i am having a hard time trying to feel comfortable with it.. the scratching is driving me nuts!!thanks,…. Click Here to Read More

I have been diagnosed last week with Pityriasis Rosea (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pityriasis-rosea/DS00720). I got the ”herald” patch 2-3 weeks ago on my chest then a little while later, I got the rash on most of my body (mostly on the torso and up) Then this week, the itchiness of the rash ceased but now some patches of dry skin on my chest stomach, and back is a grey-ish purple (my doctor told me that it is normal) and the rash on my face is gone but the skin is very very dry. I have been taking Aveeno Oatmeal baths 2-3 times a day, a pill from my doctor to help relieve the…. Click Here to Read More

I recently got a thing that looks like ringworm but my dad said it looks more an allergy rash, i then started getting spots etc about 1 week ago.. i went to the doctor last monday and they gave me cream asking me if i have had a cold, (Which i did have for a week) a pretty bad one to. had it for 2 weeks in the end, the doctor then said it was Ringworm and the spots/rashes were from the cold.. so the cream seemed to have done nothing and then i searched ‘Spots from having a cold’ and i found out about Pityriasis Rosea and it was pretty interesting because this looks exactly like i have…. Click Here to Read More

Since the rash has been gone, every time I go out in the heat or when my body gets warm my chest, back, and sometimes legs itch and get a tingly. its like stinging itch or tingle which is very annoying. is this a heat rash…. Click Here to Read More

can it not go away any sooner?… mi rashes are a little itchy and they look awful . am worried. i am 22 years old…. Click Here to Read More

I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH PITYRIASIS ROSEA, WHICH IS SOME SKIN RASH THAT WILL GO AWAY IN A FEW MONTHS BUT I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE COULD SUGGESTS ANYWTHING THAT WILL HELP SPEED UP THE…. Click Here to Read More

i have ben to the dr ans diagnosed with pityriasis rosea I have had this for 6 months now and new spots keep showing up is this normal itches like mad he gave me a cortisone shot but dont feel any differeny plus a steroid cream for itching any one know about this…. Click Here to Read More

im 21, african american female and i developed pityriasis rosea that has spread all over my chest, back, neck, face, upper thighs, (groin and butt area) i also had a lesion on my perineum area and on my labia minora…. Click Here to Read More

Last summer, I started on the generic birth-control pill, “Tri-Previfem”, (the name brand pill is known as “Ortho Tri-Cyclen”) and 3 months later broke out in itchy, dry, pink rashes. It started on my collar bone & spread ALL over my stomach, a few on my upper thighs, my back, & upper arms. I went to the dermatologist and told me I had Pityriasis Rosea (a common skin disease that appears ONCE & no one knows how one gets it, & lasts about 3 months: http://www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/pityriasis_rosea.html http://www.nevdgp.org.au/info/dermnet/pitros1-s.jpg I posted this on a forum…. Click Here to Read More

Please!! can somebody tell me how to get rid of these spots…? I have Pityriasis rosea…(rash all over my stomach and back) I’ve heard that you cant do anything to get rid of them, you just have to wait till they go away by themselves (but that can take months!!) im so sick of them and am really self consious…i cant go swimming in togs because it looks really ugly & i dont want people to see them…they look yucky!…is there ANYTHING i can do to get rid of them. Ive heard the sun helps a bit but not much…anything else that you know of…please…its really annoying…. Click Here to Read More