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Blothy red rash under skin that appears whenever im near a heater/radiator soon im away from it, rash will fade is this a heat rash when im beside it?

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Urticarial rxn: A heat rash is a newborn skin irritation caused by an inflammatory reaction from body heat. Urticaria is a histamine-based reaction in the skin set off by an irritating substance that specifically sets off a person's inflammatory response locally to cause a skin rash, which will disappear when the exposure is removed. The two conditions are both inflammatory responses to heat that are similar

Answered 1/10/2015

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