Types Of Skin Rashes From Hepatitis

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Swollen Glands/Rash due to Hepatitis or HIV?

Doc this is the second time I'm asking this.Please help me.On 28th Jan 2000 I had sex with an escort service girl in USA.I am a virgin male and on that day I used a condom and she gave me oral sex (max 35-40 secs) and then got on top (max 1min)...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

A negative HIV test 2 weeks after exposure is too soon to know if your are really HIV- or not. You will need to be retested at 2-3 months afterwards, and at 6 months to be 100% certain. Hepatitis B may cause many of the same symptoms, and you... Read more »

Hepatitis C and skin blotches

Dear Dr.,My husband has developed red blotches/marks over the last year on his skin (predominantly over his chest and upper arms) which his doctor says is due to his hepatitis C and often refers to 'heptomegalia'. What does this mean? He...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

Thanks for your comments. Sometimes in the course of liver disease, especially when there is cirrhosis, red spots called spider angiomas appear on the chest above the nipples. If that is what they are, they signal cirrhosis and your husband should... Read more »

Skin rash after treatment.

Hi,I am now 9 months post treatment from 24 weeks hep c treatment. During treatment I had couple of episodes of skin rashes. Now that it is over 9 months, I am still havind this problem. When I expose to the environment skin rash starts and it...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Although you may have had rash attributed to interferon when you were on therapy, I would no longer expect this to be the case now. I would certainly see a dermatologist to review these findings since this does not seem to be a drug related issue.... Read more »

Rashes and dry skin from therapy

I have been on the peg interfuron therapy for hep c for about six months. I have been getting rashes and very dry skin especially on my face and around my eyes. Is this a side effect of the drugs and can my doctor prescribe anything to relieve the...

Response from Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D.

Fundacion Gatroenterologia De Diego

Ribavirin can cause rash and pruritus(itching).Sometimes these symptoms are agravated by sun exposure.Your physician has many alternatives of treatment for this ,that may help .If the problem persists ,you should see a dermatologist to exclude... Read more »

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Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

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Is anyone currently taking Viramune with Combivir? I have developed a skin rash from the Virmaune. This is exactly like the rash I developed when I was taking Sustiva, which the doctor took me off of immediately. I am currently in the second week... Read more »

What is exactly skin rash ?

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Can anybody describe skin rash during ARS for me ? Is it small red dots or large ones ? Are there many of them or only a few ? Are they localized or can they appear anywhere on the body ? When they appear, do they last for a long time or do they... Read more »

skin rashes

Posted by theman22, 1 Reply

i know that everyone says just because you have a rash doesnt mean you have hiv but i have had so many rashes in the past couple of months that its starting to worry me. they also seem like they never go away. i have all different rashes in all... Read more »

Skin Rashes? Hi Dutchman....

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Hey ya all.. Just wanted to ask...I am in the window 36 days now and have started to develop a rash.. It happens when I ride my bike with a backpack... When I take my shirt off I have a red rash where the straps of the backback used to be.. Very... Read more »

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