Ok, to start, I am a 24 year old male. On september 19th, I spend the night at a friends house to help him move. That morning as we are moving, i feel a pinch on my neck, i don't think much of it, but i see the mark in the mirror & notice that its really red, figured I had been stung in the neck. Not allergic, I disregarded it. On the 28th, I stayed at a hotel for one night & stupidly slept on the floor for a brief period before leaving. It's now the 30th, I've by now noticed that i'm itching oddly like I've been bitten by bedbugs. After this went on for about 2 weeks, I began to get worried as it had spread everywhere, under my arms, neck, back, forearms, torso, inside the joints of my elbows, on the back of my hands & even on my face. I went to an appointment I set up at a free clinic as I have no insurance or money currently, on the 20th of October. I had the doctor there examine them, she took a light looked at me all over including my groin area where it started to spread down to my shaft, then asked me if I had heard of Pityriasis Rosea. Obviously I did, as I tend to look everything up before doing anything else. As I expected, since she figured it was that, she told me the best thing I could do was, antihistamines for itching, hydrocortisone for topical..all the stuff I had already read about PR. I was fine with that, it takes a few weeks, I can stick it out. Before leaving, I went ahead & got tested, for Syphilis, HIV & Herpes & was also prescribed azithromycin & received a shot, the name I don't remember, because I also was experiencing discharge for sometime. I was told that it takes 1-2 weeks for results & that they would only contact me if something came back abnormal. 5 1/2 days down, no contact so I am hoping it stays that way. I assumed that pityriasis rosea couldn't be transfered to other parts of the body, but over the course of these days i've noticed that its not only fading in some areas, but spreading to others. This confuses me, I thought PR starts to clear in the 4th-5th, maybe 6th week not get worse. Now I have noticed my fingers peeling on my thumb & middle finger on the same hand, which instantly made me think, Secondary Syphilis. I have been washing my hands like crazy & using a lot of sanitizer, maybe that's the problem with that, but I am freaking out. I physically feel alright but my skin is just scaring me. I plan on setting up a follow up appointment to have them re-examine my marks. I just want some peace of mind, I don't want to lay down knowing that i'm probably reinfecting myself because of a secondary infection or misdiagnoses. I currently can't afford much of anything as I lost my job, which I have been employed for years, a month ago. So after my story, what would any of you reading think?
Ringworm? PR? STD?
I have pictures. My groin area is starting to look affected pretty bad by this, top & sides of shaft up to the point of where I am cut(circumcised), pubic area, waist line, but I'm going to save those visuals for another appointment.
The first picture uploaded with this post is on 10-14-14
The rest embedded are pictures from today, 10-25-14
Torso
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Left Underarm
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Right Underarm
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Supposed Herald Patch & My Neck
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Please, if you feel that you can provide any input as to what this may be or what I can do so I can get on the right track to treatment, I am all ears.