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    I keep getting this awful rash around my mouth. This is the second or third time I've gotten it this year. It's worse this time, too. It's this blistery, oozy rash that covers my lips, my tongue, the roof of my mouth, and my face around my mouth. It has also spread to cover my chin and it appears to be spreading to my nose now. And now my right eyelid is so badly swollen that it's interfering with my vision. I'm not touching my eyes or wearing my contacts, but I've got this big fat puffy eyelid that looks awful. My mouth is cracked, blistered, swollen, and itching - I have blotchy-colored huge Julia Roberts lips.

    I'm smearing Carmex all over it all the time but it's still very uncomfortable. I especially hate it all over my tongue and the roof of my mouth - it's uncomfortable to eat and it just feels nasty. I'm getting a sore throat too, probably from the ooze.

    And now I'm worried about what might be in my eye. My eyelid was tender this morning, but it wasn't swollen until a couple hours ago. It's swelling quickly, too. I'm hoping it's just a stye.

    I'm going to the clinic for STD screening in a couple of days. Maybe I'll see if they can see me sooner and tell me what this rash is all about, too. It really sucks.

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    Wow, Im sorry you have to deal with that. Happy youre smart and going to the doctor though. I hope they find out what it is. Maybe an allergic reaction of some kind? Eat anything out of the ordinary lately?
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    herpes symplex 1?

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    It's not herpes cold sores; I have those too. This isn't cold sores, it's a blistery rash covering half my face and the inside of my mouth! And it's been less than two days since it started. I don't think I've eaten anything unusual lately. Whatever it is though, I want it to go away!

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    Does it look like this:

    http://phil.cdc.gov/phil_images/2003...2843_lores.jpg

    'cause that would be cellulitis/staph of the face.

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    No, it's not red. There's no discoloration except my lips are pale and blotchy. The rash on the rest of my face, and in my mouth, is clear (well, the skin is the same color it normally is).

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    Go to the doc sweety.

    I doubt its staph if its the cold sores n stuff. No one here will be able to tell you what it is seeing as none of us are doctors and able to look at it. Try and get into a clinic asap, I know it costs money and your hard up for cash right now but this sounds like it could be serious

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    Damn, can't help ya. Just hoping I wasn't infected when we were together and it was breaking out on you!

    Why it would break out on the inside of your mouth... I would neeeeeever know.

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    Go to the Citizen's Medical Group (they ahvwe a few offices around LA) you don't need an appointment...I go to the one on Pico all the time..$60 a visit. Go to the doctor ASAP!

    I would be worried it may go down your throat and cause swelling or something...maybe you have food allergy your not aware of?

    Hun it doesn't sound good...go see a doctor!
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    Lilith... ha ha! I think it's been long enough that we wouldn't have to worry about that...

    I can't afford to go to the doctor, I really can't. I'm unemployed and I damn sure can't dance at the club with this! (Not to mention I don't want to use any of my makeup sponges or applicators, or put my contacts in.) But hopefully the clinic that's doing my STD screening will be able to move me up tomorrow and tell me what this is, too.

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    Dont you have free clinics in the US? I've heard something about them and you have to be there the second they open to get a spot but maybe you should. You cant work with it and your losing money by not working. Seriously if this is as bad as your making it sound it will only get worse.

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    Yeah, I'll go to the clinic tomorrow.

    The "free" clinics around here still want money, and they tend to provide sexual health services only. But there are discount clinics around. It's money I don't really have to spend, but I'll have to pull it out of savings for this, I guess. I'll go tomorrow.

    I wouldn't bother normally but it keeps coming back. The first time I got it, the dumb bitch "doctor" at my former clinic kept insisting it was canker sores. She had decided this before she saw me, and was not to be swayed by such minor time-wasters as an examination. I never heard of canker sores causing a clear, itchy, bumpy rash completely covering the inside and outside of one's mouth and chin, but whatever. So the second time I got it, I just let it go away on its own like I did the first time. Now that it's come back again, I guess I'll go to a different doctor and hope I get someone a little more competent.

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    LA free clinics





    If not I know doctors let you do payment plans and stuff, you do not need to pay up front. And if its serious they can not refuse you and as long as you prove you have next to zero income I know they help you work out payments.

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    Recurrent blistery rashes are pretty limited. Somebody has already mentioned Herpes. Another to consider is shingles. It's caused by the reactivated chicken pox virus. Usually, it only affects on half of the body. For example, it will affect the entire right side of a forehead and stop at the midline. If it is affecting the eyeball itself, or your vision is blurry, you will require IV antivirals and hospitalizations. Get thee to a doctor ASAP and good luck.

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    I was thinking shingles as well but she said it goes away and comes back...

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    Shingles does come and go. It's caused by herpes zoster. A cousin to herpes simplex and with the same recurring pattern.

    Try this link for more explanation and a few pictures.

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/000858.htm

    This is gross, but gives a better picture:

    http://www.skinsite.com/info_herpes_zoster.htm
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    It's not shingles either; I just looked up pictures of shingles and it doesn't look like that. You can't really see it except my lips are slightly swollen. If you saw me on the street you wouldn't even notice it (actually, I got hit on twice today while running errands). It's a small, flat, itchy rash with no redness at all. I'm probably allergic to something.

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    It sounds like something I had as a child but I cant remember what it was called... the doctor said it came from drinking contaminated milk or something.. it caused blistering like rash in my mouth on my tongue and over my face. It went away and came back a few times before I recieved medical treatment, it got worse every time I got it. I wish I could remember what it was.

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    Cally, that sounds like it might be it. I'll mention that to the doctor tomorrow. Thanks.

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    For some reason im thinking foot/mouth disease but I just looked it up and that doesnt sound right. God its killing me i cant remember the name of it.

    I do remember gargling a special mouth rinse thats perscription only helped the mouth and tongue blisters. And there was a special cream for my face and I had an IV of antibiotics and stuff. They kept me in the hospital over night. I was on some hard core meds to clear it up. Bleh... good luck.

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    Okay worse case ..small pox ? Because it does usually start in the mouth ..but it wouldnt make sense if you've had it before ..

    The only other thing I could think of .and this is going to my lil' inside the corners of my brain from when I was a nurse..

    is that it's Perioral Dermatitis , If it is they'll script you a steriod cream., and that does cost a bit.

    Here is an idea... go to the ER., there they bill you afterwards..I know it is still going to cost.. and between 90-290 dollars.

    But you'll get treatment now.

    and ask for any and all samples they may have explaining that you dont have insurance.

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    hand Foot mouth disease is more common in small children. I know in adults it does happen and can reoccur ... usually mild though.

    But she would have a fever.

    Yeast infections ( oral thrush ) can happen as well. however its typically not blisters just a thick white coating ( as sick as that sounds. ) looks splotchy on the tounge and inside the cheeks.

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    Smallpox is effectively extinct. A few specimens still exist in vials in laboratories, but there is no "wild" smallpox anywhere anymore. And anyway, I don't have a fever.

    I looked up perioral dermatitis and that's not it either... again, the rash is not red.

    I'll go to the clinic tomorrow. It's not an emergency. I'll be fine holding off until tomorrow.

    I do need to quit farting around on the internet though; I still have 20 pages to write tonight!

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    Scary thought. Besides making you too sick to be on the 'net, a case of smallpox would make you an international superstar in the worst kind of way. It would mean that someone, somewhere in a classified, secure government lab really screwed up, or that you were a victim of terrorism.

    I hope you get some good answers tomorrow. Right now, it's driving me crazy trying to figure it out. Wish I had a picture. There are lots of things that can cause a blistery rash, but none seem too probable by your description: Rheumatoid, celiac sprue, contact dermatitis. OK, I'll shut up now. While the third is possible, the first two are way out there and obscure.

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    hand/foot/mouth disease is actually not the same as foot/mouth... they are simular but not the same. It is rare though and more common in the UK and Canada. Again it really only affects children more then adults though adults can get it. But I know it wasnt foot/mouth that I had for some reason the name was in my head though lol. Good luck tomorrow Yek and let us know what the docs say.

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