BG doctors

[Day]

Hey man, fuck you. Some of us stayed at a holiday inn express last night.

lol

[kuronosan]

Wow... I was not aware it could be a number of different things. It's scary but I do not believe it is something serious as I have not been feeling out anything out the norm. The fact that it is going away must be a good thing I guess. FAK.

There's a number of things that present with the symptoms you described.

Don't take your chances just because it's going away. There are several diseases that are transient and appear to just 'go away' even though the underlying problem isn't gone. Syphilis comes to mind (although don't worry, it's probably not that unless your penis is on your head or it's systemic).

You really should consult a dermatologist so that he can examine your cells and make sure it's not a melanoma (to be fair, though, melanomas usually get darker and not lighter).

The fact that it went away at all should clue you in that it's not a birthmark, because those don't really disappear. It's also possible that depending on your diet you could be in the beginning stages of Type 1 diabetes.

In short, go get yourself checked out. The least that will happen is that they'll say you're healthy, but it's better than finding out two months from now that two months ago you could have saved your life.

[Amelya]

Hard to tell from the pic but it might just be neck fungus (can't remember the real term for it)...if so lotrimin cream should clear it up. I'd still go see a doc just to be safe.

[Stiker]

Lupus?

Trust me, my diagnosis is correct. I've been doing this medical shit for a minute.

Hey man, fuck you. Some of us stayed at a holiday inn express last night.

http://blog.hawkhost.com/wp-content/...1/notlupus.png

House says find a better Holiday Inn Express and try again.

[AidenCarby]

Could be ringworm from dirty pillows.

[Buttons]

The photo is a bit unclear but if it's just some slightly darker patches of skin that don't itch much it's probably Tinea Versicolor, just a form of yeast infection.
Just go see a Dermatologist and you'll either get a cream or shampoo to apply.

[Zigma]

Well, I am a very clean person but I do have a cat who loves to sleep in our bed. But what cat doesn't. Maybe it's from that. I appreciate all the responses.

I have made an appointment with a Derm for 9:00am.

[Franzer]

freckles.

[Crowort]

It's also possible that depending on your diet you could be in the beginning stages of Type 1 diabetes.

Did you mean type 2? Thou we aren't 100% sure yet type 1 seems to be caused by your body killing off cells thinking they are an infection.

Also while rare you can get type 1 while older. It can also start pretty slowly.

Having said all that dark patches are like the last thing you'd notice if it was type 1 anyway.

[Nekio]

It looks like tinea corporis or tinea versicolor as someone else said. There is very little chance that it is anything serious, and I highly doubt they will want blood work.

P.S. Your regular doc could have told you what I just did and saved the hundreds of dollars it costs to see a dermatologist. You'll also probably get a biopsy that you don't need because you went straight to a specialist.

[Zigma]

It looks like tinea corporis or tinea versicolor as someone else said. There is very little chance that it is anything serious, and I highly doubt they will want blood work.

P.S. Your regular doc could have told you what I just did and saved the hundreds of dollars it costs to see a dermatologist. You'll also probably get a biopsy that you don't need because you went straight to a specialist.

It might be that... I could have gotten it from my cat... damn, disgusting. As far as money, I have health insurance so its okay. Appointment is tomorrow at 9:30am.

[Zigma]

I don't see how it could be diabetes, if it was type1 you'd have known you had it many many years ago, and you don't fit the bill for type 2 at all from what I know about you zig. Unless you've gained like 200lb since our good old FFXI days.

That being said, I have no idea what it could be.

hahahaha, nope, I'm am 5'6 - 5'7, 145lbs.

[Zigma]

It looks like tinea corporis or tinea versicolor as someone else said. There is very little chance that it is anything serious, and I highly doubt they will want blood work.

P.S. Your regular doc could have told you what I just did and saved the hundreds of dollars it costs to see a dermatologist. You'll also probably get a biopsy that you don't need because you went straight to a specialist.

Just came back from the dermatologist, it's Tinea Versicolor, mostly due to the hot/humid weather. The Doc gave me a nice a cream and I have another appointment for next week. They want to do a full body scan but I think I should skip it, right? I mean.. Why do I need it.

[Nekio]

By "full body scan" I sincerely hope they mean "look at all of your skin", and not a CAT scan or something.

Tinea is a typical fungal infection and not dangerous at all. However, if you're seeing a dermatologist anyway, the one thing they do really well is look everywhere on the skin for anything weird... I'd get that done because your normal doc won't have time for it.

*EDIT* Oh and by "spend hundreds of dollars" I didn't mean out of your own pocket. Your family doc could have easily diagnosed TV and given you the same cream without a referral, saving the healthcare system literally like $500 (the likely fee for the derm specialist). The reason why our taxes and private insurance rates are so high is because (among many, many other things) we throw away money on unnecessary referrals.

OK, I'm off my soapbox.

[Silenka]

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