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Why might someone get a rash from taking a warm shower, but not from taking a cold shower?

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Dr. Glynis Ablon answered

Specializes in Dermatology

If you have a skin: sensitivity to heat then this could happen, a form of urticaria

Answered 12/7/2015

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