What Causes Red Sunburn Like Rashes On Chest, Arms And Neck?

Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2015

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Question : What might cause a red sunburn like rash on chest, arms and neck. Gets worse when warm to point that feels like a burn.

Answered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (54 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Kindly send pictures of the affected area.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I can understand your concern for the rash over body. It appears from your query that you have the condition known as urticaria or hives.

For the confirmation of the same I request you to kindly upload few good resolution pictures of the affected area. For that you have a feature on the right side of the page. or else you can send your pictures at

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With attention " Dr. Sanjay XXXXXXX Kanodia "

Also do le me know for how long this rash persists at a particular site (for few hour or more than 24 hours).

Hope to hear soon from your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar