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What Do Red Blisters On The Legs Indicate?
Hello, whilst travelling Asia, i woke up one day with a circle of blisters on my legs, they scabbed over and came back and this lasted one month. After 3 weeks a patch of the same thing came back right next to where it was before, except this time its much more irritable. The blisters are close together within a red patch. If you may know what this is please help!
Mon, 17 Dec 2018
Hello,
The lesions you describe might be due to shingles. Shingles is a viral infection that might be sleeping in the nerves and reactivate by causing blisters on a red patch.
To help reduce the symptoms acyclovir oral treatment within the first couple of days is good and this might also reduce the frequency of reactivation of the infection.
A local reaction called dermatitis can cause similar symptoms as well and local steroids like betamethasone can help with it but betamethasone would worsen the rash in case of shingles so you have to be sure it is not shingles before using it.
Still, it is best to have a visit with your doctor to make sure which is the diagnosis.
If shingles are suspected and because the lesions are recurring so shortly related to one another may be the doctor might need to do tests for other infections that might affect your immune system like HIV, this is just for peace of mind.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Antoneta Zotaj, General & Family Physician
The lesions you describe might be due to shingles. Shingles is a viral infection that might be sleeping in the nerves and reactivate by causing blisters on a red patch.
To help reduce the symptoms acyclovir oral treatment within the first couple of days is good and this might also reduce the frequency of reactivation of the infection.
A local reaction called dermatitis can cause similar symptoms as well and local steroids like betamethasone can help with it but betamethasone would worsen the rash in case of shingles so you have to be sure it is not shingles before using it.
Still, it is best to have a visit with your doctor to make sure which is the diagnosis.
If shingles are suspected and because the lesions are recurring so shortly related to one another may be the doctor might need to do tests for other infections that might affect your immune system like HIV, this is just for peace of mind.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Antoneta Zotaj, General & Family Physician
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