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It's getting worse. He's starting to look like all the people in Google's image search for rash. Went to a doctor today, she said it was fungal. Ew. So we're going to a dermatologist tomorrow for a second opinion. Luckily I am still spot-free. Or as spot free as my skin will let me be on a normal week preceding the monthly annoyances.
Medical Update (10:20am, 9/21): We have a confirmed diagnosis, finally. Rob has something called 'Pityriasis rosea' - or PR. It's kind of like chicken pox, only the spots last much, much longer. It starts out with a large welt on the torso (a herald patch) & spreads as smaller welts in a vague 'pine tree' pattern from there. Because the herald patch is usually round & sometimes scaly, a lot of people mistake it for ringworm. It's viral, & possibly a re-emergence of a non-STD herpes virus that most people gain an immunity to when they're kids. As we all know, Rob was a sheltered child & had very little contact with the outside world of childhood diseases, so his immune system is a wimp. I probably won't catch it - but it is the second case the dermatologist has seen in the past couple of weeks. He said that spring & fall are when this particular bug pops up & it gets more common with the monsoon's humidity (the derm guy is from India, so he's pretty familiar w/emergent tropical skin conditions). They gave us this pamphlet & Rob really looks like the photos in it. They sent another doctor in to look at Rob so she would know what she was looking at if she sees it again.
Medical Update (10:20am, 9/21): We have a confirmed diagnosis, finally. Rob has something called 'Pityriasis rosea' - or PR. It's kind of like chicken pox, only the spots last much, much longer. It starts out with a large welt on the torso (a herald patch) & spreads as smaller welts in a vague 'pine tree' pattern from there. Because the herald patch is usually round & sometimes scaly, a lot of people mistake it for ringworm. It's viral, & possibly a re-emergence of a non-STD herpes virus that most people gain an immunity to when they're kids. As we all know, Rob was a sheltered child & had very little contact with the outside world of childhood diseases, so his immune system is a wimp. I probably won't catch it - but it is the second case the dermatologist has seen in the past couple of weeks. He said that spring & fall are when this particular bug pops up & it gets more common with the monsoon's humidity (the derm guy is from India, so he's pretty familiar w/emergent tropical skin conditions). They gave us this pamphlet & Rob really looks like the photos in it. They sent another doctor in to look at Rob so she would know what she was looking at if she sees it again.
