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I have a weird, red, itchy rash that is almost a ring around my neck. About in the crease of my neck. I was struggling with it for weeks and then I had a Pleurisy flare up and had IV steroids and then, high stress dose of prednisone for a few months and it had completely gone away. Now that I have been able to taper down to 10 MG and going lower, the rash is back full force. Any ideas on what this could be?

September 15, 2018 (edited)
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A MyLupusTeam Member

Possibly shingles. Hope you're able to get some relief.

September 17, 2018
A MyLupusTeam Member

Wish could remember name of steroid cream it was white and Derm. Prescribed it just tell Derm u want a steroid cream that & plaqnuil cleared it up . It could be heat rash for sure don’t know much about those since lupus just try to stay cool or not in sun it sucks was are grt fun past time . Hope you get a straight answer that’s ridiculous quessing u r not paying for quess?? Sometimes alittle biopsy will give straight answer but not sure what all you hv prays up see doc so it doesn’t get worse 👍👍👍🌈🌈🌈🦋

September 16, 2018
A MyLupusTeam Member

I google everything new to me. Hope you find help.

September 16, 2018
A MyLupusTeam Member

It is from the sun exposure. I have it right now as well and on my chest

September 15, 2018
A MyLupusTeam Member

I will probably need to go to the dermatologist as it is getting worse. I just get tired of doctors just guessing what something is and then giving me a prescription, based on their guesses.

Would a heat rash go away with steroids? Whatever it is, it went away completely for several months when I was on the high stress doses and then is coming back when I got to about 10 MG. Would that mean it is something inflammatory? Is heat rash inflammatory?

I have just been feeling frustrated, because I have to see so many specialists and I feel like they all contradict each other. One says this, the other says the opposite and so on.

And this rash is itching like crazy ☹️😣

September 15, 2018

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