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BEGGING FOR HELP (MEDICAL/DERMATOLOGY)

Posted on 05/26/2007 8:27:25 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain

Seeking Immediate Help for Daughter


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: dermatology; healthcare; skinconditions; skindisease
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To: 60Gunner

Ping!


21 posted on 05/26/2007 8:45:13 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: Birmingham Rain
If you can post a photo, it would help with the identification. If this is a slowly spreading condition, I would wonder how much sun/heat exposure your daughter has had. It may be something as simple as a fungus (e.g. tinea versicolor).

Without more information, it is impossible to provide a more educated impression.

22 posted on 05/26/2007 8:47:25 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.)
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To: GOPrincess; All

You may have just hit the nail on the head.

When she developed the first “splotch” I had just prior taken her to the dermatologist for an infection in her toenails caught at the swim club.

Fungi, if I remember correctly, are odd buggers to say the least. They eat, linger, sleep, and awake at their leisure ... especially during stressful times.

We were promptly warned then that so-called “country clubs” weren’t necessarily the cleanest of places.

Were the hospital here reliable, I would take her immediately. Unfortunately, my Dad was treated months for a kidney infection when all along he had lung and bone cancer.

Thank you all so very much for taking the time to reply. She’ll be seeing a dermatologist Tuesday. However, as any parent can understand, Tuesday seems decades away right now.

God Bless


23 posted on 05/26/2007 8:49:50 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: Birmingham Rain; TASMANIANRED; MS.BEHAVIN

Ping. We need med help.


24 posted on 05/26/2007 8:49:52 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron (The World-Famous, popular DJ and FReeper Canteen Certified, Equal-Opportunity, Male-Chauvinist-Pig!)
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To: Birmingham Rain
Has it been this size for a while now? If so,it seems that waiting until Tuesday would do no more harm than has already been done.

I don’t know anything at all about medicine, and I am not down playing the urgency of the situation. I’m just expressing my opinion, for whatever it’s worth.

25 posted on 05/26/2007 8:51:01 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Will 20 million legalized illegals voting for Dems, allow the dead to finally RIP on election day?)
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To: HardStarboard

Ta for your post. I have discoid lupus and am sending her to my dermatologist on Tuesday. Thank you very much for your good advice.

God Bless


26 posted on 05/26/2007 8:52:35 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: hole_n_one

She is able to wash and condition her hair on her own. Sorry if I came across that she wasn’t able. I live out of state and still enjoy doing her hair and nails and such while I’m with her, as mothers will do with their daugters. I stay as motherly as possible. She turned 26 Friday and still puts up with me. :-)


27 posted on 05/26/2007 8:55:56 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: Birmingham Rain

OMG! sounds awful! I’m going to take a shower!


28 posted on 05/26/2007 8:57:04 PM PDT by Diocletian
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To: Birmingham Rain

I’m sorry to say one can’t usually diagnose a skin condition from a description; someone has to actually see it, or at least a picture of it. This is outside my field, but I would add my voice to those who suggest taking her to urgent care or a minor emergency clinic. They may not be able to diagnose it, but they should be able to tell you if it’s dangerous and needs immediate treatment.


29 posted on 05/26/2007 8:57:41 PM PDT by retMD
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To: NautiNurse

Thank you for your reply, NN.

I thought about the photo bit myself, but I know she would never agree with it although her face would not appear.

Still, I’m searching the Internet to find a photo to match her condition.


30 posted on 05/26/2007 8:58:45 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: Birmingham Rain

Melasma


Scleroderma


Acanthosis Nigricans

Could be lots of different things, some of them harmless, some of them not. Go to a health clinic at your first reasonable opportunity - your daughter will likely be referred to a dermatologist.

31 posted on 05/26/2007 8:59:52 PM PDT by M203M4 (What I wanna see is a pro-war ("kill the bastards") Ron Paul. Pacifism is suicide.)
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To: F.J. Mitchell

Your opinion is worth a lot, and I sincerely thank you for it.


32 posted on 05/26/2007 9:00:03 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: Birmingham Rain

Does she have any other health problems?


33 posted on 05/26/2007 9:00:06 PM PDT by GovernmentIsTheProblem (Amnesty alone didn't kill the GOP - socialism did long ago. The stench you smell now is it's corpse.)
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To: Birmingham Rain
That makes perfect sense to me now.

I wish all the best for you and your daughter.

34 posted on 05/26/2007 9:00:26 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

Please accept my thanks for your trouble in taking the time to post this list.


35 posted on 05/26/2007 9:01:08 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem

No other physical ailments, GITP. However, skin problems tend to run in our family.

Thank you for taking the time here.


36 posted on 05/26/2007 9:05:42 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: Birmingham Rain

http://www.webmd.com/


37 posted on 05/26/2007 9:08:10 PM PDT by takenoprisoner (JulieAnnie: someone who lacks identity with country of origin and gender)
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To: M203M4

Nothing at all similar to the pics and I actually ran across the facial photo myself while searching. Completely different, however, from what appears on my girl.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look it up.


38 posted on 05/26/2007 9:09:23 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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To: Birmingham Rain

Please take her to the ER if she is experiencing any fever, tenderness on the rash, mental confusion or other neuro symptom and/or swelling at the abdomen. Rashes are usually a symptom of a disease or a reaction to an allergen. It may be a fungal infection. But the types and causes of rashes are so varied it is impossible to pin a cause down.

Could your daughter have been bitten by a tick?


39 posted on 05/26/2007 9:10:32 PM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: LdSentinal

Took a look but not even close. I’m beginning to think it may be fungal.

Thank you for consideration for a stranger. Good you must be.


40 posted on 05/26/2007 9:11:37 PM PDT by Birmingham Rain
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