dermatology

[rambo0826usn93]

i am 23 year old and am in the military i just recently traveled to the philippines and was staying in a hotel and had the massges where they use oils and   i also went out in town and played lets say, anyways when I got back i to japan and was taking a shower i noticed these little flat pinkish spots  on my chest area only mainly on the left side under the the nipple line down to the bottom of the sternum no particular pattern just everywhere, they dont really itch or hurt and before,during and after i have been on a preventive medicine issued by out medical staff before going to the philippines called doxycycline and primaquine and was wondering what it could be?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
I cannot confirm anything without examination but it can be dermatitis skin, sweat or contact dermatitis or pityriasis rosea. Pityriasis rosea is a common human skin disease which presents as numerous patches of pink or red oval rash. The rash may be accompanied by low-grade headache, fever, nausea and fatigue and itching. Topical and oral steroids are needed. Water, sweat, and soap may cause irritation and should be avoided in the disease. Topical zinc oxide and calamine lotion are useful if there is any pruritis.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[ob4u]

most vaccines contain lead in small amounts you could have a little heavy metal poisoning with the doxycycline  and primaquine  both contain aluminum dioxide and silver oxide in trace amounts with massage oil from the orient probably contained as much lead as the gasoline from the 70's and if you use an antiperspirant stick you could indeed have heavy metal poisoning it is somewhat unusual as far as percentages of people but among 300 million americans there are 100,000 cases per year,if you have had a metalic taste on the inside of your cheeks or you have trouble breathing you really should see a doctor. or you could have contracted an array of un known bacteria or mild viruses did you swim off base or drink the water other than what was provided most military water treatment units feature ultra violet light in order to retard  such organisms but it depends