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Son(1)has a strange "rash" on his legs.doc put him on steroid, it looked gone but is back.comes and goes, changes from bruiselike to red. what can it be?
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See below: Hard to say without looking at the rash, but the likely possibility, especially with your doctor prescribing steroids, is eczema or contact dermatitis.
Answered 9/28/2016
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